All 6 Uses of
prudent
in
David Copperfield
- Nor could I help thinking this a prudent course, since she looked at me out of the pickle-jar, with as great an access of sourness as if her black eyes had absorbed its contents.†
Chpt 10-12
- Great imprudence, Master Copperfield.†
Chpt 25-27
- the business habits, and the prudent suggestions, of Mrs. Micawber, have...†
Chpt 34-36 *
- 'It seems to us,' said she, 'prudent, Mr. Traddles, to bring these feelings to the test of our own observation.†
Chpt 40-42
- I was heartily tired of being sagacious and prudent by myself, and of seeing my darling under restraint; so I bought a pretty pair of ear-rings for her, and a collar for Jip, and went home one day to make myself agreeable.†
Chpt 46-48
- 'Or, if confiding anything to friends will be more likely to relieve you, you shall impart it to us, Mr. Micawber,' said Traddles, prudently.†
Chpt 49-51
Definition:
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(prudent) sensible and careful