Circumspect
['sɜːkəmspekt] or ['sɝkəm'spɛkt]
Definition
(adj.) heedful of potential consequences; 'circumspect actions'; 'physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use'; 'a discreet investor' .
Edited by Ben--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Attentive to all the circumstances of a case or the probable consequences of an action; cautious; prudent; wary.
Inputed by Doris
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Cautious, wary, careful, watchful, heedful, considerate, judicious, vigilant, attentive, discreet, prudent; not rash, heedless, or headlong.
Checked by Harlan
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Cautious, wary, careful, heedful, attentive, prudent, watchful, scrupulous,vigilant
ANT:Heedless, incautious, careless, reckless, invigilant, incircumspect
Checker: Truman
Definition
adj. looking round on all sides watchfully: cautious: prudent.—n. Circumspec′tion watchfulness: caution: examining.—adj. Circumspec′tive looking around: wary.—adv. Cir′cumspectly.—n. Cir′cumspectness.
Checker: Newman
Examples
- But on the subject of Count Fosco (who interests me infinitely more than his wife), Laura is provokingly circumspect and silent. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Lydgate smiled, but he was bent on being circumspect. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- We must be circumspect, for we are dealing with a very cunning man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He remembered Will's irritability when he had mentioned Mrs. Casaubon, and was the more circumspect. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- We must not expect a lively young man to be always so guarded and circumspect. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- In later life Edison has been more circumspect, but throughout his early career he was constantly getting into some kind of scrape. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Checker: Newman