All 4 Uses of
circumspect
in
War and Peace
- Boris smiled circumspectly, so that it might be taken as ironical or appreciative according to the way the joke was received.†
Chpt 5 *
- A third person rode up circumspectly through the wood (it was plain that he had had a lesson) and stopped behind the count.†
Chpt 7
- After that the generals began to disperse with the solemnity and circumspect silence of people who are leaving, after a funeral.†
Chpt 11
- When with due circumspection Napoleon was informed that Moscow was empty, he looked angrily at his informant, turned away, and silently continued to walk to and fro.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(circumspect) thoughtful of all circumstances and consequences