Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a circumspect manner; cautiously; prudently.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a circumspect manner; cautiously; warily.
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- adverb In a
circumspect manner. With consideration for all that is pertinent.
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- adverb in a cagey manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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_On the contrary, _ The Apostle says (Eph. 5: 15): "See how you walk cautiously [Douay: 'circumspectly']."
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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(answering to "circumspectly," that is, correctly, in relation to the unbelievers around, not giving occasion of stumbling to any, but edifying all by a consistent walk). not as fools -- Greek, "not as unwise, but as wise."
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Then he turned on his light, circumspectly, directing its rays to the ground at his feet.
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"Bureau files reflect that Senator Stevens made remarks regarding the FBI which caused us to treat him circumspectly in 1954," the memo states.
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And, like Jack, he walked very stiffly on his guard and very circumspectly.
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Bertie went up more circumspectly, hesitating before he put his head above the companionway slide.
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Lastly, there's China, where inflation is higher than reported, where unrest is growing, where real estate companies are in financial trouble, and where official statistics are looked at circumspectly.
Robert Lenzner: People Don't Imagine The Worst Until It's Upon Them Robert Lenzner 2011
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"Bureau files reflect that Senator Stevens made remarks regarding the FBI which caused us to treat him circumspectly in 1954," the memo states.
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Lastly, there's China, where inflation is higher than reported, where unrest is growing, where real estate companies are in financial trouble, and where official statistics are looked at circumspectly.
Robert Lenzner: People Don't Imagine The Worst Until It's Upon Them Robert Lenzner 2011
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Shirley Tilghman, a research biologist who is now the president of Princeton, made a similar point more circumspectly.
bilby commented on the word circumspectly
"My investigation concludes that's it quite round," said Tom circumspectly.
November 28, 2008
Kristianto2010 commented on the word circumspectly
Walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise. Ephesians 5:15
July 2, 2011