judicious

• I thought Winton's writing about s*x was very judicious -- his prose was finely pared and he picked out the right unusual details to make the s*x scenes effective. —  The View from Elsewhere
• His corrections were sober and judicious, and he corrected his own writings much more severely than those of another man, bestowing twice the labour and pain in polishing which he used in invention Before we enumerate the dramatic works of Sir William Davenant, it will be but justice to his merit, to insert some animadversions on his Gondibert; a poem which has been the subject of controversy almost a hundred years; that is, from its first appearance to the present time. —  The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume II
• More dispatch Had pleased thee more, for such was thy command To whom the warlike Hector thus replied No man, judicious, and in feat of arms 635 Intelligent, would pour contempt on thee For thou art valiant) wert thou not remiss And wilful negligent; and when I hear The very men who labor in thy cause Reviling thee, I make thy shame my own 640 But let us on. —  The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper
• We talked to a lame man one day at our own door, whose account of his illness would not have disgraced a medical professor; so judicious were his sentiments, so scientific was his discourse. —  Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I
• It will be judicious, and at times commonplace. —  Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism

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