Circumspectly

//ˈsɝː.kəm.spekt.l// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a circumspect manner; with consideration for all that is pertinent.

    "Coverage of Mr. Carter’s many Monitor Breakfasts reveals a man ready to shake things up, in his own way. At the 1974 gathering, when he publicly revealed his presidential aspirations, he said he would ask for the power to use wage and price controls to address the struggling economy – “but I would use it circumspectly,” he added."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a cagey manner wordnet

Synonyms

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cagilycarefullycircumspectivelycircumspectivelydeliberatelydiligently

Example

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"He walked very slowly and circumspectly, and there was something indescribably guilty and furtive in his whole appearance."

Etymology

From circumspect + -ly.

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