approachability
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The broad thrust of Mr Hunt's policy is being approached cautiously by welfare advisors.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2023
I approached cautiously, as if this increasingly ordinary, Zoom-like encounter were with an alien.
From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2020
Mr. Norquist said user fees should be approached cautiously.
From Washington Times • Feb. 22, 2018
It's hardly a simple question, the morality of his career redemption resting on the back of a gruesome tragedy, and it was approached cautiously by those involved with the film.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2015
I approached cautiously, aware that all my hopes could be ruined at this critical moment.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
