conservatively
In traditional fashion
Conservatively means in a cautious, restrained manner—avoiding risk or excess.
A conservative estimate errs on the low side: The project will take, conservatively, six months.
Someone dressed conservatively wears traditional, understated clothing.
In politics, conservatively aligns with traditional values and limited government intervention.
She invests conservatively, favoring bonds over stocks.
In a guarded manner
- carefullyWith deliberate attention
- warilyWith watchful caution
- guardedlyWith protective caution
- circumspectlyWith watchful prudence
tentatively · hesitantly · vigilantly · risk-averse · prudently · gingerly · skeptically · charily
In humble manner
- understatedDeliberately minimized in expression
- prudentlyWith careful judgment
- minimallyTo the smallest extent
- safelyWithout danger occurring
roughly · approximately · cautiously · realistically · reasonably · sparingly · frugally · temperately
In accepted manner
- orthodoxlyIn accepted manner
- classicallyIn established, traditional manner
- traditionallyIn time-honored fashion
- old-fashionedlyIn outdated style
formally · properly · decorously · strait-laced · puritanically · staunchly · fundamentalist · right-leaning
In humble manner
- demurelyIn a reserved manner
- plainlyIn obvious fashion
- simplyIn plain terms
- tastefullyWith aesthetic discernment
soberly · formally · properly · elegantly · unpretentiously · discreetly · unassumingly · sedately
cautiously
In a guarded manner
circumspectly · tentatively · hesitantly · vigilantly · risk-averse · prudently · gingerly · skeptically · charily · apprehensively
modestly
In humble manner
- understatedDeliberately minimized in expression
- prudentlyWith careful judgment
- minimallyTo the smallest extent
safely · roughly · approximately · cautiously · realistically · reasonably · sparingly · frugally · temperately · restrained
conventionally
In accepted manner
- orthodoxlyIn accepted manner
- classicallyIn established, traditional manner
- traditionallyIn time-honored fashion
old-fashionedly · formally · properly · decorously · strait-laced · puritanically · staunchly · fundamentalist · right-leaning · devoutly
modestly
In humble manner
tastefully · soberly · formally · properly · elegantly · unpretentiously · discreetly · unassumingly · sedately · decorously
conservativelyrecklessly
Acting without regard for danger
boldly · aggressively · rashly · daringly · audaciously
conservativelyoptimistically
With positive expectations
generously · liberally · ambitiously · extravagantly · expansively
- conservative valuesBeliefs favoring established norms
- conservative dressRestrained, traditional clothing
- social conservativesRight-leaning morality advocates
- political conservativeOne favoring established institutions
- conservative estimate
- conservative policiesPolitical stances favoring tradition
conservative, conservatives, ultraconservative, neoconservative, conservativeness