cautelous

adjective2

1. •
   (no longer used) Skillful in trickery or deception; cunning, wily.

   • I am not able to unfold, how this cautelous enterprise of licencing can be exempted from the number of vain and impossible attempts. — 1644
2. •
   (no longer used) Cautious, careful.

   • Some are of disposition fearefull, some bold, most cautelous, all Savage. — 1624