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Tentative or restrained; guarded:
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- Tentative or restrained; guarded:
- Showing or practicing caution; careful.
- Full of caution; careful to avoid danger; circumspect; wary
Careful or wise in handling practical matters; exercising good judgment or common sense:
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- Careful or wise in handling practical matters; exercising good judgment or common sense:
- Capable of exercising sound judgment in practical matters, esp. as concerns one's own interests
- Cautious or discreet in conduct; circumspect; not rash
Careful to consider all related circumstances before acting, judging, or deciding
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- Careful to consider all related circumstances before acting, judging, or deciding
Attentive to potential danger, error, or harm; cautious:
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- Attentive to potential danger, error, or harm; cautious:
- Thorough and painstaking in action or execution; conscientious:
- Protective; solicitous:
Serious and of uncertain prognosis
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- Serious and of uncertain prognosis
- Kept from escape or trouble; held in check; supervised
- Kept safe; watched over and protected; defended
(Archaic) Sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious in devising and advancing a system of management; devoted to a scheme or system rather than to a principle; hence, in a good sense, wise; prudent; sagacious
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- (Archaic) Sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious in devising and advancing a system of management; devoted to a scheme or system rather than to a principle; hence, in a good sense, wise; prudent; sagacious
- (Archaic) Relating to, or promoting, a policy, especially a national policy; well-devised; adapted to its end, whether right or wrong; said of things.
- (Archaic) Of or relating to polity, or civil government; political.
Designated as unavailable except for a certain purpose or user; kept in reserve:
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- Designated as unavailable except for a certain purpose or user; kept in reserve:
- Kept in reserve; set apart for some purpose, person, etc.
- (Not comparable) Set aside for the use of a particular person or party.
Restrained or reserved:
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- Restrained or reserved:
- Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself.
- Silent or uncommunicative; disinclined to speak readily, often, specif., habitually so
Kept under control; subdued or moderate:
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- Kept under control; subdued or moderate:
- Prevented from moving; held down or secured:
- Held back, limited, kept in check or under control.
Not ostentatious; unpretentious:
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- Not ostentatious; unpretentious:
- Not ostentatious; simple; unpresuming.
Not undesirably noticeable or blatant; inconspicuous.
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- Not undesirably noticeable or blatant; inconspicuous.
Behaving, dressing, speaking, etc. in a way that is considered proper or decorous; decent
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- Behaving, dressing, speaking, etc. in a way that is considered proper or decorous; decent
- Quiet and humble in appearance, style, etc.; not pretentious
- Having or showing a moderate estimation of one's own abilities, accomplishments, or value:
Having or showing good judgment or understanding; astute
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- Having or showing good judgment or understanding; astute
Having a discerning judgment or taste
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- Having a discerning judgment or taste
- Able to make or see fine distinctions; discerning
- Able to perceive fine distinctions between similar things; perceptive
Not exposed to the threat of danger or harm:
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- Not exposed to the threat of danger or harm:
- Usable in specified conditions without being damaged. Often used in combination:
- Free from danger or injury; undamaged or unhurt:
Exhibiting common sense; prudent:
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- Exhibiting common sense; prudent:
- Having the ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting; sagacious:
- Provided with information; informed. Often used with to :
Having, applying, or showing sound judgment; wise and careful
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- Having, applying, or showing sound judgment; wise and careful
Operating or designed to operate directly against the military, industrial, etc. installations of an enemy
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- Operating or designed to operate directly against the military, industrial, etc. installations of an enemy
- Required for the effective conduct of a war
- Intended to destroy the military potential of an enemy:
Not committing one to any point of view or course of action; not revealing one's position or purpose
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- Not committing one to any point of view or course of action; not revealing one's position or purpose
- Tending to avoid commitment; lacking certainty or decisiveness; reluctant to give out information or show one's feelings or opinion.
(Obs.) Having a keen sense of smell
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- (Obs.) Having a keen sense of smell
- Having or showing keen perception or discernment and sound judgment, foresight, etc.
Of ordinary citizens or ordinary community life as distinguished from the military or the ecclesiastical:
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- Of ordinary citizens or ordinary community life as distinguished from the military or the ecclesiastical:
- (Law) Of or according to Roman civil law or modern civil law
- Sufficiently observing or befitting accepted social usages; polite:
Easily perceived or noticed; marked; striking; appreciable
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- Easily perceived or noticed; marked; striking; appreciable
- Having appreciation or understanding; emotionally or intellectually aware
- Acting with or exhibiting good judgment; reasonable:
Not giving freely; sparing
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- Not giving freely; sparing
- Not taking chances; careful; cautious
- Very cautious; wary:
On one's guard; cautious, suspicious, etc.
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- On one's guard; cautious, suspicious, etc.
- Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.
- Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.
(Archaic) Not sleeping; awake.
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Consciously thoughtful and observant (often of other people); caring
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- Consciously thoughtful and observant (often of other people); caring
- Having or showing regard for the needs or feelings of others.
- Characterised by careful and conscious thought; deliberate
Worthy of trust; dependable; reliable
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- Worthy of trust; dependable; reliable
Not communicative; tending to withhold information, opinions, feelings, etc.; reserved; taciturn
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- Not communicative; tending to withhold information, opinions, feelings, etc.; reserved; taciturn
- Characterized by reserve or a lack of expression:
- Tending not to communicate; not communicating.
Characterized by or done in secrecy:
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- Characterized by or done in secrecy:
- Having a tendency to keep one's thoughts or activities unknown to others:
- Tending to conceal one's thoughts, feelings, affairs, etc. from others; reticent; not frank or open
Disposed not to talk; tightlipped.
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- Disposed not to talk; tightlipped.
Alternative spelling of tight-lipped.
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- Alternative spelling of tight-lipped.
- Having the lips pressed together.
- Not saying much; taciturn or secretive
indiscreet
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rash
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careful
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judicious
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thoughtful
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Beautifully fine in texture, quality, or workmanship
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- Beautifully fine in texture, quality, or workmanship
- Easily broken or damaged:
- Marked by sensitivity of discrimination:
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- Exhibiting diplomacy; exercising tact or courtesy; using discussion to avoid hard feelings, fights or arguments.
- Describing a publication of a text which follows a single basic manuscript, but with variants in other manuscripts noted in the critical apparatus
- Using or marked by tact and sensitivity in dealing with others.
Having practical wisdom; prudent; shrewd; diplomatic
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- Having practical wisdom; prudent; shrewd; diplomatic
- Showing sound or pragmatic judgment; prudent; judicious:
- Discreet and diplomatic.
Responsive to external conditions or stimulation; having sensation:
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- Responsive to external conditions or stimulation; having sensation:
- Fluctuating or tending to fluctuate, especially in price:
- Easily irritated:
Belonging to a conservative party, group, or movement.
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- Belonging to a conservative party, group, or movement.
- Of or adhering to Conservative Judaism.
- Moderate; cautious:
Opposed to radical or extreme views or measures, especially in politics or religion.
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- Opposed to radical or extreme views or measures, especially in politics or religion.
- Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme:
- Not violent or subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate:
Governed by or being in accordance with reason or sound thinking:
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- Governed by or being in accordance with reason or sound thinking:
- Being within the bounds of common sense:
- Not excessive or extreme; fair:
Having a temperate climate
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- Having a temperate climate
- Moderate in one's actions, speech, etc.; self-restrained
- Moderate or restrained
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