It is an important maxim, that we ought to be very circumspect in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The accusation of these two crimes may be vastly injurious to liberty.
Source: tatoeba (6022035)
Circumspect
//ˈsɜː.kəm.spɛkt//
Synonyms for "circumspect" (124 found)
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Strong matches (37)
Related words (62)
politicprovidentprudentialpunctiliousrationalreflectingreflectiveregardfulrelaxedreluctantsafesaunteringscrupulousshufflingshyslackslothfulslowslow as deathslow as molasses
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slow as slowslow to actslow-crawlingslow-footslow-goingslow-leggedslow-movingslow-pacedslow-pokyslow-runningslow-sailingslow-steppedsluggishsnail-pacedsnaillikesolicitousstaggeringstrollingtendertentativethoroughthoughtfultoddlingtortoiseliketotteringtrudgingturtlelikeunadventurousuncommunicativeundaringunenterprisingunhurriedunprecipitatewaddlingwatchfulwell-advisedwell-judged
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Synonyms
11 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
6 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 25 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- аба́члівы adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
Bulgarian
2 entries- внимателен adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
- предпазлив adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
Catalan
1 entries- circumspecte adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 慎重的 adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
- 细心的 adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
Czech
1 entries- obezřetný adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
Danish
2 entries- forsigtig adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
- varsom adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
Dutch
2 entries- behoedzaam adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
- omzichtig adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
Estonian
1 entries- ettevaatlik adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
Finnish
4 entries- harkitsevainen adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
- huolellinen adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
- tarkkaavainen adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
- varovainen adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
French
1 entries- circonspect adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
German
2 entries- umsichtig adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
- vorsichtig adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
Greek
1 entries- επιφυλακτικός adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
Hungarian
3 entries- elővigyázatos adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
- körültekintő adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
- óvatos adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
Italian
2 entries- cauto adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
- prudente adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
Macedonian
1 entries- претпазлив adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
Māori
2 entries- pukumahara adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
- whakatōngā adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
Norwegian
1 entries- omstendelig adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
Old English
1 entries- besċēawod adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
Persian
1 entries- دوراندیش adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
Polish
1 entries- ostrożny adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
Portuguese
4 entries- cauteloso adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
- circunspecto adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
- circunspeto adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
- cuidadoso adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
Russian
2 entries- бди́тельный adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
- осмотрительный adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- promišljat adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
- rázborit adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
- svjȅstan adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
- ȍprēzan adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
Spanish
4 entries- cauteloso adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
- cauto adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
- circunspecto adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
- precavido adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
Ukrainian
2 entries- оба́чливий adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
- оба́чний adj (carefully aware of all circumstances)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Next time I'll be more circumspect.
Source: tatoeba (10639571)
I'm merely being a little more circumspect.
Source: tatoeba (10923179)
The recent flurry of social and economic reform coming out of the country has left some citizens ecstatic, others more circumspect, and a few conservatives bewildered or even angry.
Source: tatoeba (12042138)
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