| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Looking around every way; cautious; careful of consequences; watchful of danger.[Websters]
2. Being wary, cautious, discreet, chary or cagey. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being careful, thoughtful, provident, watchful or attentive. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being canny or cagy. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being deliberate or deliberative. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being prudent, judicious, wise or well-advised. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being alert, vigilant or wakeful. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb circumspectively.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (circumspectively) | 1. Circumspectly.[Websters]. 2. In a careful, cautious or deliberative manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a discreet, conservative, watchful, heedful or vigilant manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a prudent, well-advised or politic manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In an alert or open-eyed manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective circumspective.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "CIRCUMSPECTIVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1716. (references) |
Specialty Definition: CIRCUMSPECTIVE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Looking round every way; cautious; careful of consequences; watchful of danger. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
