well-advised
acting with caution, care, or wisdom: They would be well-advised to sell the stock now.
based on or showing wise consideration: There was a well-advised delay in carrying out her plan.
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How to use well-advised in a sentence
Cardwell might have been well advised to read up on the entire enterprise.
Honey Boo Boo, Snake Oil, and Ebola: The Weird World of Young Living Essential Oils | Kent Sepkowitz | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe says he will not “try to speak for women,” a well-advised choice since he is, in fact, still a dude.
And he should be well advised to remember that Russia already lost the Cold War.
Nina Khrushcheva on the Importance of the G20 in St. Petersburg | Nina Khrushcheva | September 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut you are well advised not to try to mention such things to a civil libertarian.
Obama Is Giving Up Some Executive Power, and He’ll Still Get No Credit | Michael Tomasky | August 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe suggested that the way things were going, his colleagues would be well advised to hone their own combat skills.
The Storm of Violence That Killed Texas District Attorney Mike McLelland | Michael Daly | April 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Of these Napoleon was well advised, but Bernadotte was too cunning to allow himself to be compromised absolutely.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison"I was well advised in not making you my confidant sooner, if this is how you take it," cried Miss Chressham angrily.
The Rake's Progress | Marjorie BowenThe well-advised saleswoman will have interests outside of her work.
The Canadian Girl at Work | Marjory MacMurchyPeople are seldom well advised if they do work of this kind in isolation.
The Canadian Girl at Work | Marjory MacMurchyAdvis′atory (rare); Advised′, cautious: deliberate, as in well-advised and ill-advised.
British Dictionary definitions for well-advised
acting with deliberation or reason
well thought out; considered: a well-advised plan
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