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Circumspect
circumspect
If you are circumspect, you are cautious in what you do and say and do not take risks. (FORMAL) The banks should have been more circumspect in their dealings... = cautious, careful ? reckless ADJ • circumspectly I would suggest that for the time being you behave as circumspectly as possible in political matters. = cautiously ? recklessly ADV: ADV after v
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adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French circonspect, from Latin ~us, from past participle of circumspicere to look around, be cautious, from circum- + specere to look — more at spy Date: 15th century careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences ; prudent diplomacy required a ~ response Synonyms: see cautious • ~ion noun • ~ly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. wary, cautious; taking everything into account. Derivatives circumspection n. circumspectly adv. Etymology: ME f. L circumspicere circumspect- (as CIRCUM-, specere spect- look) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. продуманный (о решении) circumspect ambition —- обдуманно выбранная цель 2. действующий с оглядкой; настороженный; бдительный; осторожный, осмотрительный to grow circumspect —- насторожиться ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
adj. 1) осторожный, осмотрительный (о человеке) 2) продуманный (о плане, решении и т.п.) Syn: see cautious ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ adj 1 thinking carefully about things before doing them; cautious (The journalist was circumspect, only tentatively linking the escape with the murder.) 2 a circumspect action or answer is done or given only after careful thought - circumspectly adv - circumspection n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 14c., from L. circumspectus, pp. of circumspicere "look around, take heed," from circum- "around" + specere "to look." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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