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Webster 1828 Edition

Circumspect

CIRCUMSPECT

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Adj.

Literally, looking on all sides; looking round. Hence,

Cautious; prudent; watchful on all sides; examining carefully all the circumstances that may affect a determination, or a measure to be adopted.

Definition 2024

circumspect

circumspect

English

Adjective

circumspect ‎(comparative more circumspect, superlative most circumspect)

Carefully aware of all circumstances; considerate of all that is pertinent.
Being aware of the danger of upsetting her audience, she was somewhat circumspect in her comments.

Synonyms

(carefully aware of all circumstances): cautious, chary, prudent, thoughtful, vigilant, wary

Derived terms

Related terms

circumspection

Translations

carefully aware of all circumstances

Bulgarian: внимателен (bg) ‎(vnimatelen), предпазлив (bg) ‎(predpazliv)
Catalan: circumspecte
Chinese:
Mandarin: 细心的 (zh), 慎重的 (zh)
Czech: obezřetný m
Danish: varsom, forsigtig
Estonian: ettevaatlik
Finnish: ympäripyöreä (fi)
French: circonspect (fr)
German: vorsichtig (de), umsichtig (de)

Hungarian: körültekintő (hu)
Italian: cauto (it) m, prudente (it) m, f
Macedonian: претпазлив m ‎(prétpazliv)
Maori: pukumahara
Norwegian: omstendelig (no)
Polish: ostrożny (pl)
Portuguese: prudente (pt), cuidadoso (pt), cauteloso (pt), circunspecto (pt), circunspeto (pt)
Russian: осмотрительный (ru) ‎(osmotritelʹnyj), бди́тельный (ru) ‎(bdítelʹnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: razborit (sh) m, promišljat, oprezan (sh), svjestan (sh)
Spanish: circunspecto (es)