Another word for circumspect
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Adjective
Trying attentively to avoid danger, risk, or error
- On guard; watchful:
- Characterized by caution:
- Careful or wise in handling practical matters; exercising good judgment or common sense:
- Characterized by or resulting from care or wisdom in practical matters or in planning for the future:
- With great care or delicacy; cautiously.
- Cautious; careful:
- Forehand, as in tennis.
- Looking or planning ahead; circumspect.
- Having ample financial resources; well-off.
- Very cautious; wary:
- Not giving or expending freely; sparing:
- Showing or practicing caution; careful.
- Tentative or restrained; guarded:
- Attentive to potential danger, error, or harm; cautious:
- Thorough and painstaking in action or execution; conscientious:
- Protective; solicitous:
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Another word for circumspect
Modifier
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- Careful or wise in handling practical matters; exercising good judgment or common sense:
- Characterized by or resulting from care or wisdom in practical matters or in planning for the future:
- Protected; defended.
- Watched over; supervised.
- Cautious; restrained:
- Attentive to potential danger, error, or harm; cautious:
- Thorough and painstaking in action or execution; conscientious:
- Protective; solicitous:
- Showing or practicing caution; careful.
- Tentative or restrained; guarded:
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