circumspect
- watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
- well-considered: circumspect ambition.
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prudent, wary, scrupulous, meticulous, discriminating, judicious, cagey, vigilant, careful, considerate, attentive, calculating, canny, chary, deliberate, gingerly, guarded, heedful, observant, politicExamples from the Web for circumspect
Contemporary Examples of circumspect
Some of the Americans joining ISIS are less than circumspect, especially online.
(LOC 1011-1015) One more adjective could be added to Summer's list: circumspect.
The president alluded to that authority when he spoke about the killing, indicating his awareness of a need to be circumspect.
But his subsequent actions will remain case by case and circumspect.
The poet remains coolly detached: a circumspect observer in the face of cataclysm.
Historical Examples of circumspect
One must be so circumspect—so much upon one's guard with all the world.
Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
Even the most wary, circumspect, and suspicious, might thus be overcome.
ImogenWilliam Godwin
But she was dutiful to him, and he was circumspect in his behaviour before her.
Captain BloodRafael Sabatini
And yet it may be repeated that Lieutenant Russell was the most guarded and circumspect of men.
A Waif of the MountainsEdward S. Ellis
There never was a man who did such rash things in so circumspect a manner.
Lord George BentinckBenjamin Disraeli
circumspect
- cautious, prudent, or discreet