circumspectiousadj.
Marked by circumspection, circumspect.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [adjective]
warelyOE
warec1000
adviseda1325
averty1330
aware1340
ferdfula1382
well-advisedc1405
circumspect1430
hooly1513
fearful1526
curiousa1533
chary1542
wareful1548
cautelous1574
cauty1579
careful1580
wary1580
retentive1599
wary1599
ginger1600
circumstant1603
cautel1606
shya1616
cautionate1616
warisome1628
cautiousa1640
circumspectious1649
circumspectivea1674
gingerish1764
safe1874
pussy-footed1893
pussyfooting1926
risk-averse1961
risk-adverse1969
1649 J. Arnway Tablet Charles I (ed. 2) 67 Which circumspectious Nature..oft leaves unpolished.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 42 Punishments..rather mild and circumspectious, then precipitate and cruel.
1918 E. Pound Pavannes & Divisions 37 Yet Radway went. A circumspectious prig!
1920 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 352 ‘He was a circumspectious man, yon Grant,’ said Ewing.
1923 W. de la Mare Riddle 95 A kind of unseen circumspectious spirit.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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