All 4 Uses of
prudent
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- I shall do nothing rashly: you know me sufficiently to confide in my prudence and considerateness whenever the safety of others is committed to my care.†
p. 21.7prudence = good sense and caution
- I will be cool, persevering, and prudent.†
p. 23.9 *
- She attended her sickbed; her watchful attentions triumphed over the malignity of the distemper—Elizabeth was saved, but the consequences of this imprudence were fatal to her preserver.†
p. 44.6imprudence = the quality of lacking good sense and cautionstandard prefix: The prefix "im-" in imprudence means not and reverses the meaning of prudence. This prefix is sometimes used before words beginning with "M" or "P" as seen in words like immoral, immature, and impossible.
- I had certainly acted imprudently.†
p. 139.2imprudently = in a manner that lacks good sense and cautionstandard prefix: The prefix "im-" in imprudently means not and reverses the meaning of prudently. This prefix is sometimes used before words beginning with "M" or "P" as seen in words like immoral, immature, and impossible.
Definitions:
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(1)
(prudent) sensible and careful
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Prudence is also a female name.