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well-advised
Benefitting from careful prior advice or counsel
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  1. Benefitting from careful prior advice or counsel
  2. Showing or resulting from careful consideration or sound advice; wise; prudent
prudent
Characterized by or resulting from care or wisdom in practical matters or in planning for the future:
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  1. Characterized by or resulting from care or wisdom in practical matters or in planning for the future:
  2. Careful or wise in handling practical matters; exercising good judgment or common sense:
  3. Capable of exercising sound judgment in practical matters, esp. as concerns one's own interests
sensible
Having the faculty of sensation; able to feel or perceive.
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  1. Having the faculty of sensation; able to feel or perceive.
  2. Having appreciation or understanding; emotionally or intellectually aware
  3. Acting with or exhibiting good judgment; reasonable:
wise
Exhibiting common sense; prudent:
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  1. Exhibiting common sense; prudent:
  2. Prompted by wisdom; judicious; sound
  3. Provided with information; informed. Often used with to :
discreet
Possessed of, exercising, or showing prudence and self-restraint in speech and behavior; circumspect:
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  1. Possessed of, exercising, or showing prudence and self-restraint in speech and behavior; circumspect:
  2. Careful about what one says or does; prudent; esp., keeping silent or preserving confidences when necessary
  3. Made, done, or situated so as to attract little notice:
reasonable
Being within the bounds of common sense:
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  1. Being within the bounds of common sense:
  2. Using or showing reason, or sound judgment; sensible
  3. A standard for what is fair and appropriate under usual and ordinary circumstances; that which is according to reason; the way a rational and just person would have acted. A standard for what is fair and appropriate under usual and ordinary circumstances; that which is according to reason; the way a rational and just person would have acted.
rational
Showing reason; not foolish or silly; sensible
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  1. Showing reason; not foolish or silly; sensible
  2. Able to reason; reasoning; in possession of one's reason or sanity
  3. Consistent with or based on reason or good judgment; logical or sensible:
seasonable
Coming or done at the right time; opportune; timely
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  1. Coming or done at the right time; opportune; timely
  2. Appropriate to the current season of the year.
timely
Happening, done, said, etc. at a suitable time; well-timed; opportune
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  1. Happening, done, said, etc. at a suitable time; well-timed; opportune
sagacious
(Obs.) Having a keen sense of smell
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  1. (Obs.) Having a keen sense of smell
  2. Having or showing keen perception or discernment and sound judgment, foresight, etc.
sound
A type of longitudinal wave that originates as the vibration of a medium (such as a person's vocal cords or a guitar string) and travels through gases, liquids, and elastic solids as variations of pressure and density. The loudness of a sound perceived by the ear depends on the amplitude of the sound wave and is measured in decibels, while its pitch depends on its frequency, measured in hertz.
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  1. A type of longitudinal wave that originates as the vibration of a medium (such as a person's vocal cords or a guitar string) and travels through gases, liquids, and elastic solids as variations of pressure and density. The loudness of a sound perceived by the ear depends on the amplitude of the sound wave and is measured in decibels, while its pitch depends on its frequency, measured in hertz.
  2. Financially secure or safe:
  3. Marked by or showing common sense and good judgment; levelheaded:
proper
(Gram.) Designating a noun that names a specific individual, place, etc., that is not normally used with an article, and that is normally capitalized
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  1. (Gram.) Designating a noun that names a specific individual, place, etc., that is not normally used with an article, and that is normally capitalized
  2. Specially adapted or suitable to a specific purpose or specific conditions; appropriate
  3. Characteristically belonging to the being or thing in question; peculiar:
thoughtful
Engrossed in thought:
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  1. Engrossed in thought:
  2. Full of thought; meditative; thinking
  3. Heedful, careful, attentive, etc.; esp., considerate of others; kind
thorough
That is completely (the thing specified); out-and-out; absolute
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  1. That is completely (the thing specified); out-and-out; absolute
  2. Absolute; utter:
  3. Very exact, accurate, or painstaking, esp. with regard to details
efficacious
Producing or capable of producing the desired effect; having the intended result; effective
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  1. Producing or capable of producing the desired effect; having the intended result; effective
perceptive
Having the ability to perceive; keen in discernment.
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  1. Having the ability to perceive; keen in discernment.
  2. Having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition
  3. Able to perceive quickly and easily; having keen insight or intuition; penetrating
acute
Extremely sharp or severe; intense:
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  1. Extremely sharp or severe; intense:
  2. Afflicted by a disease exhibiting a rapid onset followed by a short, severe course:
  3. Very serious; critical; crucial
shrewd
Disposed to or marked by artful and cunning practices; tricky.
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  1. Disposed to or marked by artful and cunning practices; tricky.
  2. Having or showing a clever awareness or resourcefulness, especially in practical matters.
  3. Artful, cunning, wily, etc. in one's dealings with others
discriminating
Having a discerning judgment or taste
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  1. Having a discerning judgment or taste
  2. Able to make or see fine distinctions; discerning
  3. Able to perceive fine distinctions between similar things; perceptive
judicial
Like or befitting a judge
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  1. Like or befitting a judge
  2. Allowed, enforced, or set by order of a judge or law court
  3. Carefully considering the facts, arguments, etc., and reasoning to a decision; fair; unbiased
keen
Eager; enthusiastic; much interested
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  1. Eager; enthusiastic; much interested
  2. Having a sharp edge or point; that can cut well
  3. Strongly felt or perceived; intense; strong
astute
Having or showing a clever or shrewd mind; cunning; crafty; wily
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  1. Having or showing a clever or shrewd mind; cunning; crafty; wily
  2. Having or showing shrewdness and discernment, especially with respect to one's own concerns.
sage
Proceeding from or marked by wisdom and calm judgment:
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  1. Proceeding from or marked by wisdom and calm judgment:
  2. Showing wisdom and good judgment
  3. Wise, discerning, judicious, etc.
discerning
Having or showing good judgment or understanding; astute
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  1. Having or showing good judgment or understanding; astute
sharp
Out of tune by being above the true or proper pitch
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  1. Out of tune by being above the true or proper pitch
  2. Having clear form and detail:
  3. Suitable for use in cutting or piercing; having a very thin edge or fine point; keen
careful
Attentive to potential danger, error, or harm; cautious:
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  1. Attentive to potential danger, error, or harm; cautious:
  2. Protective; solicitous:
  3. Accurately or thoroughly done or made; painstaking
wary
On one's guard; cautious, suspicious, etc.
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  1. On one's guard; cautious, suspicious, etc.
  2. Characterized by caution
  3. Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.
worldly-wise
Alternative spelling of worldly-wise.
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  1. Alternative spelling of worldly-wise.
  2. Wise in the ways or affairs of the world; sophisticated
farsighted
Being considerate about the future with respect to one's own plans or deeds; showing anticipation.
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  1. Being considerate about the future with respect to one's own plans or deeds; showing anticipation.
  2. Having better vision for distant objects than for near ones; hyperopic
  3. Able to see distant objects better than objects at close range; hyperopic.
clearsighted
Alternative spelling of clear-sighted.
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  1. Alternative spelling of clear-sighted.
  2. Perceiving, understanding, or thinking clearly
sophisticated
Not simple, artless, naive, etc.; urbane, worldly-wise, etc. or knowledgeable, perceptive, subtle, etc.
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  1. Not simple, artless, naive, etc.; urbane, worldly-wise, etc. or knowledgeable, perceptive, subtle, etc.
  2. Highly complex, refined, or developed; characterized by advanced form, technique, etc.
  3. Having or showing much worldly knowledge or cultural refinement:
calculating
Shrewd or cunning, esp. in a selfish way; scheming
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  1. Shrewd or cunning, esp. in a selfish way; scheming
  2. Shrewd; crafty:
  3. (Especially of a person) Which serves one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner.
profound
Having, showing, or requiring great insight or understanding:
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  1. Having, showing, or requiring great insight or understanding:
  2. Intensely felt
  3. Deeply felt or held; intense:
perspicacious
Having or showing penetrating mental discernment; clear-sighted.
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  1. Having or showing penetrating mental discernment; clear-sighted.
  2. (Archaic) Having keen vision
  3. Having keen judgment or understanding; acutely perceptive
accurate
Careful and exact
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  1. Careful and exact
  2. Capable of providing a correct reading or measurement:
  3. Conforming exactly to fact; errorless.
penetrating
Keenly perceptive or understanding; acute:
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  1. Keenly perceptive or understanding; acute:
  2. Able or seeming to penetrate:
  3. Sharp; piercing
informed
Possessing, displaying, or based on reliable information:
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  1. Possessing, displaying, or based on reliable information:
  2. Instructed, having knowledge of a fact or area of education.
  3. Having or based on much information, knowledge, or education
sane
Having a normal, healthy mind; able to make sound, rational judgments
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  1. Having a normal, healthy mind; able to make sound, rational judgments
  2. Showing good sense; sensible
  3. Having or showing sound judgment; reasonable.
practical
Of, relating to, governed by, or acquired through practice or action, rather than theory or speculation:
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  1. Of, relating to, governed by, or acquired through practice or action, rather than theory or speculation:
  2. Having or showing good judgment; sensible:
  3. Capable of or suitable to being used or put into effect; useful:
seemly
Pleasing in appearance; fair; handsome
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  1. Pleasing in appearance; fair; handsome
  2. (Of behavi) Appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose; becoming.
  3. Suitable, proper, fitting, or becoming, esp. as regards conventional standards of conduct or good taste; decorous
decorous
Marked by proper behavior.
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  1. Marked by proper behavior.
  2. Characterized by or showing decorum, propriety, good taste, etc.
cautious
Showing or practicing caution; careful.
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  1. Showing or practicing caution; careful.
  2. Tentative or restrained; guarded:
  3. Full of caution; careful to avoid danger; circumspect; wary
politic
Showing sound or pragmatic judgment; prudent; judicious:
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  1. Showing sound or pragmatic judgment; prudent; judicious:
  2. (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
  3. (Archaic) Relating to, or promoting, a policy, especially a national policy; well-devised; adapted to its end, whether right or wrong; said of things.
diplomatic
Describing a publication of a text which follows a single basic manuscript, but with variants in other manuscripts noted in the critical apparatus
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  1. Describing a publication of a text which follows a single basic manuscript, but with variants in other manuscripts noted in the critical apparatus
  2. Exhibiting diplomacy; exercising tact or courtesy; using discussion to avoid hard feelings, fights or arguments.
  3. Using or marked by tact and sensitivity in dealing with others.
circumspect
Careful to consider all related circumstances before acting, judging, or deciding
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  1. Careful to consider all related circumstances before acting, judging, or deciding
prudential
Characterized by or resulting from prudence
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  1. Characterized by or resulting from prudence
  2. Exercising prudence, or sound judgment
  3. Exercising prudence, good judgment, or common sense.
precautionary
Of, pertaining to, or serving as a precaution
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  1. Of, pertaining to, or serving as a precaution
  2. Of, relating to, or constituting a precaution:
expedient
Convenient but based on a concern for self-interest rather than principle:
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  1. Convenient but based on a concern for self-interest rather than principle:
  2. Based on or offering what is of use or advantage rather than what is right or just; guided by self-interest; politic
  3. Useful for effecting a desired result; suited to the circumstances or the occasion; advantageous; convenient
capable
Permitting an action to be performed:
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  1. Permitting an action to be performed:
  2. Having the ability required for a specific task or accomplishment; qualified:
  3. Having ability; able to do things well; skilled; competent
ready
Done or made without delay; prompt
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  1. Done or made without delay; prompt
  2. Apt; inclined
  3. Prepared or available for service, action, or progress:
tactful
Having or showing tact
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  1. Having or showing tact
  2. Possessing or exhibiting tact; considerate and discreet:
  3. Possessing tact; able to deal with people in a sensitive manner.
cool
Acceptable; satisfactory:
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  1. Acceptable; satisfactory:
  2. (Slang) Entire; full:
  3. Excellent; first-rate:
calm
Nearly or completely motionless; undisturbed:
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  1. Nearly or completely motionless; undisturbed:
  2. Not agitated or excited; tranquil
  3. Without wind or motion; still; quiet
considered
Highly regarded; respected
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  1. Highly regarded; respected
  2. Arrived at after careful thought; thought out
  3. Reached after or carried out with careful thought; deliberate:
prescient
Of or relating to prescience.
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  1. Of or relating to prescience.
  2. Possessing prescience.
knowing
Possessing knowledge, information, or understanding:
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  1. Possessing knowledge, information, or understanding:
  2. Suggestive of secret or private knowledge:
  3. Implying shrewd understanding or possession of secret or inside information
sapient
Having great wisdom and discernment.
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  1. Having great wisdom and discernment.
  2. Of or relating to the existing human species (Homo sapiens)
  3. Full of knowledge; wise; sagacious; discerning
well-timed
Timely; opportune
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  1. Timely; opportune
  2. Occurring or done at an opportune time:
moderate
Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme:
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  1. Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme:
  2. Not violent or subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate:
  3. Opposed to radical or extreme views or measures, especially in politics or religion.
temperate
Moderate or restrained
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  1. Moderate or restrained
  2. Moderate in one's actions, speech, etc.; self-restrained
  3. Moderate in indulging the appetites; not self-indulgent; abstemious, esp. in the use of alcoholic beverages
sober
Characterized by reason, sanity, or self-control; showing mental and emotional balance
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  1. Characterized by reason, sanity, or self-control; showing mental and emotional balance
  2. Serious or staid in character or conduct:
  3. Not intoxicated or affected by the use of alcohol or drugs.
commonsensical
Displaying common sense.
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  1. Displaying common sense.
levelheaded
Characteristically self-composed and sensible.
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  1. Characteristically self-composed and sensible.
  2. Alternative spelling of level-headed.
  3. Having or showing an even temper and sound judgment; sensible
prudent
Careful or wise in handling practical matters; exercising good judgment or common sense:
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  1. Careful or wise in handling practical matters; exercising good judgment or common sense:
  2. Cautious or judicious in manner and/or actions. Cautious or judicious in manner and/or actions.
  3. Capable of exercising sound judgment in practical matters, esp. as concerns one's own interests
rational
Of sound mind; sane:
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  1. Of sound mind; sane:
  2. Able to reason; reasoning; in possession of one's reason or sanity
  3. Consistent with or based on reason or good judgment; logical or sensible:
reasonable
A standard for what is fair and appropriate under usual and ordinary circumstances; that which is according to reason; the way a rational and just person would have acted. A standard for what is fair and appropriate under usual and ordinary circumstances; that which is according to reason; the way a rational and just person would have acted.
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  1. A standard for what is fair and appropriate under usual and ordinary circumstances; that which is according to reason; the way a rational and just person would have acted. A standard for what is fair and appropriate under usual and ordinary circumstances; that which is according to reason; the way a rational and just person would have acted.
  2. Governed by or being in accordance with reason or sound thinking:
  3. Using or showing reason, or sound judgment; sensible
sagacious
(Obs.) Having a keen sense of smell
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  1. (Obs.) Having a keen sense of smell
  2. Having or showing keen perception or discernment and sound judgment, foresight, etc.
sage
Having or exhibiting wisdom and calm judgment.
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  1. Having or exhibiting wisdom and calm judgment.
  2. Showing wisdom and good judgment
  3. Wise, discerning, judicious, etc.
sane
Having a normal, healthy mind; able to make sound, rational judgments
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  1. Having a normal, healthy mind; able to make sound, rational judgments
  2. Showing good sense; sensible
  3. Having or showing sound judgment; reasonable.
sapient
Having great wisdom and discernment.
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  1. Having great wisdom and discernment.
  2. Of or relating to the existing human species (Homo sapiens)
  3. Full of knowledge; wise; sagacious; discerning
sensible
Having appreciation or understanding; emotionally or intellectually aware
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  1. Having appreciation or understanding; emotionally or intellectually aware
  2. Having the faculty of sensation; able to feel or perceive.
  3. Having or showing good sense or sound judgment; intelligent; reasonable; wise
sound
A type of longitudinal wave that originates as the vibration of a medium (such as a person's vocal cords or a guitar string) and travels through gases, liquids, and elastic solids as variations of pressure and density. The loudness of a sound perceived by the ear depends on the amplitude of the sound wave and is measured in decibels, while its pitch depends on its frequency, measured in hertz.
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  1. A type of longitudinal wave that originates as the vibration of a medium (such as a person's vocal cords or a guitar string) and travels through gases, liquids, and elastic solids as variations of pressure and density. The loudness of a sound perceived by the ear depends on the amplitude of the sound wave and is measured in decibels, while its pitch depends on its frequency, measured in hertz.
  2. Marked by or showing common sense and good judgment; levelheaded:
  3. Based on valid reasoning; having no logical flaws:
well-founded
(Mathematics) Alternative form of well-founded.
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  1. (Mathematics) Alternative form of well-founded.
  2. Based on sound judgment, reasoning, or evidence; adequately substantiated:
  3. Based on facts, good evidence, or sound judgment
well-grounded
(Of an argument etc) Based on good judgment and solid reasoning
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  1. (Of an argument etc) Based on good judgment and solid reasoning
  2. (Of a person) Having extensive knowledge of a subject
  3. Having a sound basis; well-founded.
wise
Provided with information; informed. Often used with to :
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  1. Provided with information; informed. Often used with to :
  2. Exhibiting common sense; prudent:
  3. Prompted by wisdom; judicious; sound
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  • This criticism needs judicious qualification.

  • Caussin was sent into Brittany, and the judicious and learned Jesuit, Jacques Sirmond, who succeeded him, kept clear of politics.

  • Owing, however, to timely and judicious disposition of the military and police forces the city was saved from much bloodshed.

  • Lord Chesterfield well knew the value of such a compliment; and therefore, when the day of publication drew near, he exerted himself to soothe, by a show of zealous and at the same time of delicate and judicious kindness, the pride which he had so cruelly wounded.

  • He appears to have consolidated his power by the aid of the Church and by a series of judicious matrimonial alliances.

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