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View synonyms for circumspectly

circumspectly

[ sur-kuhm-spekt-lee ]

adverb

  1. in a careful and prudent way; discreetly:

    All preachers ought to work hard at living circumspectly, as they are called to be examples.



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  • non·cir·cum·spect·ly adverb
  • un·cir·cum·spect·ly adverb

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Example Sentences

This greatly distressed Birgitte and Mette, who devised many plans to induce the bird to act more circumspectly.

The cave was plainly a wild beast's lair, and he entered circumspectly.

During a lull in the battle I left the regiment and circumspectly proceeded forward to reconnoiter.

No sooner was his back turned than Grimalkin slipped across the yard and approached circumspectly.

But many of these pitfalls may be avoided if one narrows his path and walks circumspectly in it.

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