circumspect

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I have been very--circumspect," said he, moodily.

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  1. adjective Heedful of circumstances and potential consequences; prudent.

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  • I promise to be circumspect, and I'll go to-night That night after dinner, when it was time to take the train, a light two- seated wagon was at the gate. —  The Boys' Life of Mark Twain
  • The only thing that made people that circumspect was a corpse. —  Blood Lure
  • As they went, Agent Gu provided the name and use of each chamber and room Cao was surprised to find so talkative a member of the Embroidered Guard, who were widely known as a circumspect—some might even say taciturn—lot. —  Asimov's SF, July 2007
  • Others are somewhat less circumspect, and it seems BdC chief El-Bardai was among them.
  • A different man would have been circumspect, and worked to build bridges with his opponents. —  Blog of the Moderate Left
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considerate ·  attentive ·  prudent ·  conciliatory ·  vigilant ·  reticent ·  wary ·  observant ·  temperate ·  tactful ·  obedient ·  methodical
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Latin circumspectus, past participle of circumspicere, to take heed : circum-, circum- + specere, to look; see spek- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French circonspect = Spanish circunspecto = Portuguese circumspecto = Italian circonspetto, from Latin circumspectus, prudent, past participle of circumspicere, look around, be cautious, take heed, from circum, around, + specere, look: see species, spy.
  2. from Latin circumspectare, look around attentively, freq. of circumspicere: see circumspect, adjective
 

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/sərkəmˈspɛkt/
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