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单词 circumspective
释义 circumspective, a.|sɜːkəmˈspɛktɪv|
[f. L. circumspect- (see circumspect a.) + -ive.]
1. Looking around, scanning on all sides.
1635H. Glapthorne Lady Mother iv. i. in Bullen O. Pl. II. 170, I should have thought your circumspective Judgment Had spide some error in him.1734Pope Ess. Man iv. 226 Sly, slow things, with circumspective eyes.1838Blackw. Mag. XLIV. 534 He might have passed in grand circumspective review..the aberrations of his country.
2. Given to circumspection: cautious, wary. ? Obs.
a1674Clarendon Surv. Leviath. (1676) 206 To advise the people, to be very circumspective.1749Johnson Irene v. x, Frame your report with circumspective art.1843Blackw. Mag. 317 His searching eye and circumspective wariness.
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