Sample Sentences for
judicious
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    A judicious selection of people--the conductor, Miss Debenham and MacQueen-will also have seen her.  (source)
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    "Your decisions are perfectly judicious, madam," returned Mr. Brocklehurst.  (source)
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    Catherine, also, deemed it judicious to moderate her expressions of pleasure in receiving him; and he gradually established his right to be expected.  (source)
    judicious = wise
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    Very judicious, considering the crime that banished you here in the first place.  (source)
    judicious = sensible
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    In certain circumstances the common folk judiciously allowed them certain privileges by the simple method of becoming blind to some of the Ewells' activities.  (source)
    judiciously = wisely
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    If you can convince yourself that Rob Hall died because he made a string of stupid errors and that you are too clever to repeat those same errors, it makes it easier for you to attempt Everest in the face of some rather compelling evidence that doing so is injudicious, in fact, the murderous outcome of 1996 was in many ways simply business as usual, Although a record number of people died in the spring climbing season on Everest, the 12 fatalities amounted to only 3 percent of the 398 climbers who ascended higher than Base Campwhich is actually slightly below the historical fatality rate of 3.3 percent.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in injudicious means not and reverses the meaning of judicious. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
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    Directly the steward met them on the steps of Madame Odintsov's house, the friends could perceive that they had acted injudiciously in giving way so suddenly to a passing impulse.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in injudiciously means not and reverses the meaning of judiciously. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
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    She spoke with the old stern judiciousness, but in a moment her face began to work and she burst into tears.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    You will surprise the queen with your judicious punishment of Dodge, I'm sure.  (source)
    judicious = showing good judgment
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    "I like him," he announced judiciously.  (source)
    judiciously = in a manner that shows good judgment
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    I had to admit that Captain Nemo's leadership had been most injudicious.†  (source)
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    If our neophyte, strong in the new-born love of antiquity, were to undertake to imitate what he had learnt to admire, it must be allowed he would act very injudiciously, if he were to select from the Glossary the obsolete words which it contains, and employ those exclusively of all phrases and vocables retained in modern days.†  (source)
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    His position as the maitre d' of the Boyarsky called for judiciousness, tact, decorum.  (source)
    judiciousness = good judgement
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