All 4 Uses
judicious
in
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
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- Pope says, judiciously: "Men should be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown propos'd as things forgot;" farther recommending to us "To speak, tho' sure, with seeming diffidence."†
*judiciously = in a manner that shows good judgment
- I gave him what he demanded, and he went soon after to Carolina, from whence he sent me next year two long letters, containing the best account that had been given of that country, the climate, the soil, husbandry, etc., for in those matters he was very judicious.†
- In the dormitories I observed loopholes, at certain distances all along just under the ceiling, which I thought judiciously placed for change of air.†
judiciously = in a manner that shows good judgment
- General Shirley, on whom the command of the army devolved upon the death of Braddock, would, in my opinion, if continued in place, have made a much better campaign than that of Loudoun in 1757, which was frivolous, expensive, and disgraceful to our nation beyond conception; for, tho' Shirley was not a bred soldier, he was sensible and sagacious in himself, and attentive to good advice from others, capable of forming judicious plans, and quick and active in carrying them into execution.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(judicious) showing good judgment
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)