prudentiallyadv.
/prʊˈdɛnʃl̩i/, /prʊˈdɛnʃəli/, U.S. /pruˈdɛn(t)ʃəli/; see also prudential adj., adv., and n. In a prudential manner; in accordance with prudence; on prudential grounds.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [adverb] > prudently
prudentlya1382
discreetlyc1390
prudentialc1460
well-advisedly1525
cannily1581
discreet1592
prudentially1641
discreetfully1737
1641 G. Digby Speech against Earle of Strafford 11 What is Prudentially and Politickly fit for the good and preservation of the whole.
1655 W. Sales Theophania vii. 188 The present remedies, which if prudentially applyed, may appease the raging of these our horrible distractions.
1710 J. Strype Hist. E. Grindal i. vii. 71 This he ordered prudentially as well as piously.
1789 Old Poor Robin 34 For the greater Security of so valuable a Book, I had very prudentially put it in the Possession of an honest Pawnbroker.
1828 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 37 572 Marriages..when prudentially deferred.
1893 Gladstone in Westm. Gaz. 28 Sept. 5/2 The manifestation of the opinion may have been prudentially restrained.
1921 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 84 465 If good times provide a general reserve, prudentially, then in bad times goodwill can be reviewed and automatically reduced.
1993 Brit. Jrnl. Social Work 23 (BNC) 419 This postulates the distribution of resources according to how individual agents acting prudentially..would distribute resources for a hypothetical life span.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1641