advisedly

[ad-vahy-zid-lee]

adverb

1. after careful or thorough consideration; deliberately.

Word History and Origins

Origin of advisedly¹

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English avisedli; advised, -ly

Example Sentences

Yet it takes deadly aim — I use the term “deadly” advisedly — at public health in America, including our nearly 120-year tradition of enforcing vaccine mandates on adults and schoolchildren alike.

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She also said: "Clearly the events of the last few weeks have been difficult - and I use this word advisedly and deliberately - in some respects very traumatic."

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This advisedly clunky emphasis on fibs and their detection is something of a Johnson trademark.

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“We built them so lovingly. You use a word like lovingly advisedly when you’re talking about a hunk of metal, but we put everything we had into those things.”

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The result was a very powerful mounting, and I use the word advisedly: It sometimes seemed like an exhibit.

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