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/ˈsɝː.kəm.spekt.l/ · adverb
In a circumspect manner; with consideration for all that is pertinent..
Coverage of Mr. Carter’s many Monitor Breakfasts reveals a man ready to shake things up, in his own way. At the 1974 gathering, when he publicly revealed his presidential aspirations, he said he would ask for the power to use wage and price controls to address the struggling economy – “but I would use it circumspectly,” he added.
But at the moment when everything was going so well, there came one of those unforeseeable chances that reduce even the most circumspectly arranged plots to the significance of a mere toss-up.
Use circumspectly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Circumspectly means In a circumspect manner; with consideration for all that is pertinent..
Common synonyms include cagily, cageyly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Coverage of Mr. Carter’s many Monitor Breakfasts reveals a man ready to shake things up, in his own way. At the 1974 gathering, when he publicly revealed his presidential aspirations, he said he would ask for the power to use wage and price controls to address the struggling economy – “but I would use it circumspectly,” he added.
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