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Presciently

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pre·scient  (prshnt, --nt, prshnt, -sh-nt)
adj.
1. Of or relating to prescience.
2. Possessing prescience.

[French, from Old French, from Latin praescins, praescient-, present participle of praescre, to know beforehand : prae-, pre- + scre, to know; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]

prescient·ly adv.
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Adv.1.presciently - with foresight; "more presciently than they superiors, these workers grasped the economic situation"


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