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prudently

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pru·dent  (prdnt)
adj.
1. Wise in handling practical matters; exercising good judgment or common sense.
2. Careful in regard to one's own interests; provident.
3. Careful about one's conduct; circumspect.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin prdns, prdent-, contraction of prvidns, present participle of prvidre, to provide for; see provide.]

prudent·ly adv.
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Adv.1.prudently - in a prudent manner; "I had allotted my own bedroom for necking, prudently removing both the bed and the key, and taken both myself and my typewriter into my son's bedroom."
imprudently - in an imprudent manner; "imprudently, he downed tools and ran home to make his wife happy"
Translations
prudently [ˈpruːdəntlɪ] ADVprudentemente, con prudencia
prudently [ˈpruːdəntli] advprudemment
prudently
advwohlweislich; actumsichtig; answerüberlegt
prudently [ˈpruːdntlɪ] advprudentemente
prudently [ˈpruːdntlɪ] advprudentemente


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Tumbled into the water, it accordingly is in such cases; the spare coils of box line (mentioned in a preceding chapter) making this feat, in most instances, prudently practicable.
The bean, who had prudently stayed behind on the shore, could not but laugh at the event, was unable to stop, and laughed so heartily that she burst.
John Dashwood had then leisure to consider how much there might prudently be in his power to do for them.
 
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