Both Uses of
circumspect
in
Anna Karenina
- "It is over," answered Vronsky, smiling with his eyes only, and twirling the tips of his mustaches as circumspectly as though after the perfect order into which his affairs had been brought any over-bold or rapid movement might disturb it.†
Part 3 *
- "Ah, a voice!" repeated Oblonsky, feeling that he must be as circumspect as he possibly could in this society, where something peculiar was going on, or was to go on, to which he had not the key.†
Part 7
Definition:
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(circumspect) thoughtful of all circumstances and consequences