How to pronounce cautionary in British English
“cautionary” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to cautionary the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “cautionary” in: all accents · American English (94 clips)
“cautionary” in real sentences — British speakers
35 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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However, I must sound a cautionary note.
The Scottish Parliament
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reading the book as a cautionary tale seems rather to have taken it as an instruction
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “cautionary”
Words one sound away from cautionary — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of cautionary. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.