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circumspectly

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cir·cum·spect  (sûrkm-spkt)
adj.
Heedful of circumstances and potential consequences; prudent.
[Middle English, from Latin circumspectus, past participle of circumspicere, to take heed : circum-, circum- + specere, to look; see spek- in Indo-European roots.]
circum·spectly adv.
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Adv.1.circumspectly - in a cagey manner; "`I don't know yet,' he answered cagily"
cagily
Translations
circumspectly [ˈsɜːkəmspektlɪ] ADV → prudentemente
circumspectly [ˈsɜːrkəm!spɛktli] adv (= cautiously) [behave] → avec circonspection
circumspectly
adv → umsichtig
circumspectly [ˈsɜːkəmspɛktlɪ] adv → con circospezione
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Boris smiled circumspectly, so that it might be taken as ironical or appreciative according to the way the joke was received.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
I lived more circumspectly, drank less deeply, and went home more frequently.
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Though, in these cases, the direction taken by any one whale be straight as a surveyor's parallel, and though the line of advance be strictly confined to its own unavoidable, straight wake, yet the arbitrary vein in which at these times he is said to swim, generally embraces some few miles in width (more or less, as the vein is presumed to expand or contract); but never exceeds the visual sweep from the whale-ship's mast-heads, when circumspectly gliding along this magic zone.
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