Hyphenation of cautionary

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word cautionary? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

cau-tion-ary

Definitions of cautionary:

1.
Warding off
The swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples- Victor Schultze
2.
Serving to warn
Shook a monitory finger at him An exemplary jail sentence

Synonyms of cautionary:

adj preventive, prophylactic, protective
adj admonitory, exemplary, monitory, warning, dissuasive

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