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.

Other Word Forms

• noncircumspectly adverb
• uncircumspectly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of circumspectly¹

circumspect ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

“I’m happy for what the wedding means,” Laura added to The Associated Press very circumspectly, wiping tears away alongside her mothers.

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“I don’t go into this looking for villains,” Karsner said in an interview, circumspectly holding back on specific remedies.

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She began, circumspectly, by talking about Mirabelle, as she had been for months.

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You keep thinking that Buttler will tee off against Lyon, but he plays circumspectly with the ball still spinning big, and only keeps out the last ball rather than trying to work the strike.

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Classical economists from Adam Smith on typically depicted economic man as a rational creature, acting circumspectly in his own self-interest.

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