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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. In a judicious manner; with good judgment; with discretion or wisdom.

Wiktionary

  1. adv. in a judicious manner

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adv. In a judicious manner; with good judgment; wisely.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adv. in a judicious manner

Examples

  • “But use the word judiciously, as the matter usually is in dispute.”

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  • “Writing judiciously is the way to go and that is what you seem to excel at.”

    tongue-tied

  • “Keep your household accounts with the greatest exactness, and let your husband see that you take a decided pride and pleasure in judiciously expending the money he intrusts to your care.”

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  • “All through their girlhood she had felt that she could act on her sister by a word judiciously placed -- by opening a little window for the daylight of her own understanding to enter among the strange colored lamps by which Dodo habitually saw.”

    Middlemarch

  • “All through their girlhood she had felt that she could act on her sister by a word judiciously placed -- by opening a little window for the daylight of her own understanding to enter among the strange colored lamps by which”

    Middlemarch

  • “Among the titles judiciously chosen for development on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC are the racer”

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  • “I am not aware of anyone who has treated it judiciously, which is why I hoped you might have some more references.”

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  • “PAUL BEGALA, CNN POLITICAL ANALYST: It is and it is one this president uses judiciously, which is why.”

    CNN Transcript Dec 18, 2005

  • “Yet a Burgundian chardonnay, the obvious model, would display its oak more judiciously, which is to say that oak would not be on display at all.”

    Bigger Than Your Head

  • “Appling said the Family Research Institute, which took the lead in fighting the same-sex marriage ban, would "judiciously" examine Wisconsin's no-fault divorce law - spouses can request termination of the marriage without having to prove marital misconduct - and eventually approach legislators about introducing changes.”

    "Quite damaging, wide-reaching, nefarious and mean-spirited."

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  • bilby "I work as a kitchenhand in a kosher restaurant," said Tom judiciously. Dec 23, 2007

  • palooka It's not stealing, it's learning. I'm flattered when one of my words becomes popular. It's sharing. Jun 16, 2007

  • slumry I try to steal words from other wordies judiciously. Jun 15, 2007

‘judiciously’ has been looked up 1007 times, loved by 1 person, added to 7 lists, commented on 3 times, and has a Scrabble score of 24.