judiciously

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ju·di·cious

(jo͞o-dĭsh′əs)

adj.

Having or exhibiting sound judgment; prudent.

[From French judicieux, from Latin iūdicium, judgment, from iūdex, iūdic-, judge; see judge.]

ju·di′cious·ly adv.

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Adv.

judiciously - in a judicious manner; "let's use these intelligence tests judiciously"

injudiciously - in an injudicious manner; "these intelligence tests were used injudiciously for many years"

Translations

بِحِكْمَه، بِرأيٍ سَديد

rozumně

velovervejet

klug

judicieusement

hyggilega, skynsamlega

judiciously

[dʒuːˈdɪʃəslɪ] ADV (frm) → juiciosamente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

judiciously

[dʒuːˈdɪʃəsli] adv [use] → judicieusement; [say] → judicieusement

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judiciously

[dʒuːˈdɪʃəslɪ] adv (frm) → giudiziosamente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

judicious

(dʒuˈdiʃəs) adjective

showing wisdom and good sense. a judicious choice of words.

juˈdiciously adverb

juˈdiciousness noun

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Bessy Cranage, in her neatest cap and frock, was crying, though she did not exactly know why; for, as her cousin Wiry Ben, who stood near her, judiciously suggested, Dinah was not going away, and if Bessy was in low spirits, the best thing for her to do was to follow Dinah's example and marry an honest fellow who was ready to have her.

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But I couldn't resist asking him, out of sheer waggery, whether he didn't think a touch of powder, and even, very judiciously applied, a touch of rouge, was an improvement to woman.

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A few armed vessels, judiciously stationed at the entrances of our ports, might at a small expense be made useful sentinels of the laws.

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Many, indeed, were deceived and deluded, but the great majority of the people reasoned and decided judiciously; and happy they are in reflecting that they did so.

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How can taxes be judiciously imposed and effectually collected, if they be not accommodated to the different laws and local circumstances relating to these objects in the different States?

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As for D'Artagnan, thus left alone, after having received the formal compliments of the procureur, he was lost in admiration of the wisdom of the testator, who had so judiciously bestowed his wealth upon the most necessitous and the most worthy, with a delicacy that neither nobleman nor courtier could have displayed more kindly.

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Kutuzov, without looking at Wolzogen, gave directions for the order to be written out which the former commander in chief, to avoid personal responsibility, very judiciously wished to receive.

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The former of these created gratitude, the latter compassion; and both, together with his desire for her person, raised in him a passion which might, without any great violence to the word, be called love; though, perhaps, it was at first not very judiciously placed.

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"Jacques," said Defarge; "judiciously show a cat milk, if you wish her to thirst for it.

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And there, as I thought, the matter might have been judiciously left to come to an end.

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And as for going as cook, -- though I confess there is considerable glory in that, a cook being a sort of officer on ship-board --yet, somehow, I never fancied broiling fowls; --though once broiled, judiciously buttered, and judgmatically salted and peppered, there is no one who will speak more respectfully, not to say reverentially, of a broiled fowl than I will.

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Harris and I were included in all the descriptions; how we were coming along; how Hans Gross shouted; how we looked up startled; how we saw Peter coming like a cannon-shot; how judiciously we got out of the way, and let him come; and with what presence of mind we picked him up and brushed him off and set him on a rock when the performance was over.