Noun : He approached with circumspection. From Dictionary.com.
It's the man's lesson in circumspection that did it. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-09-01] Reference
That may be, but a bit of circumspection is in order, too. From Wordnik.com. [In-Game Advertisers | Impact Lab] Reference
Second baseman Fernando Vina said circumspection is inevitable. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Morris blames himself for Game 5 loss] Reference
That kind of circumspection seems to characterize a lot of reporters 'experiences in Baghdad. From Wordnik.com. [House Arrest in Baghdad] Reference
That kind of circumspection is part of the seminar's mission. From Wordnik.com. [News for Richmond Times-Dispatch] Reference
But the notion of circumspection shouldn't be controversial. ". From Wordnik.com. [Evolution News & Views] Reference
And I certainly don't remember that kind of circumspection in the run up to the meltdown. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
And to do so is to trade intellectualism for the kind of circumspection that has the practical effect of chilling free speech. From Wordnik.com. [protein wisdom] Reference
Oh, and I bet movie execs will take in this news with the kind of circumspection we’ve come to expect of them. From Wordnik.com. [THIS JUST IN: BLACK PEOPLE LIKE MOVIES] Reference
French with all the circumspection that the niceness of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01] Reference
But I suggest that you do so with the utmost circumspection. From Wordnik.com. [The Status Civilization] Reference
Thereafter they fired with greater circumspection and poorer aim. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Blue Pete] Reference
And now come more words, delivered with deliberate circumspection. From Wordnik.com. [A Dark Legacy] Reference
Of course she protested the most immaculate care and circumspection. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
His circumspection might be mistaken for weakness, but Colombians know better. From Wordnik.com. [Uribe’s Legacy] Reference
So much circumspection, in fact, that it is worth translating his remarks into English. From Wordnik.com. [The tank parked on Rowan's foot] Reference
Blatch Ferguson to help him out in a task which would call for the utmost circumspection. From Wordnik.com. [Every Man for Himself] Reference
Thus it becomes necessary to handle the seed with great care and circumspection throughout. From Wordnik.com. [The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses] Reference
She had not ceased her propaganda, though obliged to conduct it with greater circumspection. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Women: George Sand] Reference
It may be that Petraeus, for all his circumspection, is trying to pull off something like a miracle. From Wordnik.com. [Blame For The Top Brass] Reference
Having on all hands suspicious grounds, he found occasion for constant vigilance and circumspection. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2] Reference
The danger is great; despite the utmost circumspection, even the most careful may sometimes be caught. From Wordnik.com. [Cattle and Cattle-breeders] Reference
But working with circumspection, he should have a general knowledge of this civilization in a few days. From Wordnik.com. [The Status Civilization] Reference
Now, White Stockings is an animal of great circumspection, and allows no earthly consideration to hurry him. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Coventry An Autobiography] Reference
It only behooved us to use circumspection enough to avoid making mistakes in our papers, and fortune was ours. From Wordnik.com. [Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude] Reference
It appears to me that money would then be lent with more confidence, and borrowed with greater circumspection. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917] Reference
It will not surprise the reader, who recollects the secret and powerful reasons which justified this circumspection. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It was partly a matter of necessity, and partly of circumspection, that caused us to abide in the dry-dock for a few hours. From Wordnik.com. [By Water to the Columbian Exposition] Reference
With what circumspection hast thou judged thy own children, to whose parents thou hast sworn, and made covenants of good promises?. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 25: Wisdom The Challoner Revision] Reference
Once back in Angostura, Bolívar feigned ignorance of what had happened, and comported himself with much prudence and circumspection. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Bolivar, the Liberator] Reference
Remembering moreover, that this care and circumspection of thine, is to continue but for a while, and then thy life will be at an end. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
With regard to this matter, though, he said it would be necessary for me to act with great circumspection, since the Secretary of State. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Please give your attention to this, and advise all the officers in command of the necessity for very great circumspection in this regard. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
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