Both Uses of
prudent
in
Great Expectations
- After a while and when it might be prudent,
Chpt 45 *prudent = sensible and done with caution
- For the present, under the circumstances, we deemed it prudent to make rather light of the matter to Trabb's boy; who, I am convinced, would have been much affected by disappointment, if he had known that his intervention saved me from the limekiln.†
Chpt 53
Definition:
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(prudent) sensible and careful