All 7 Uses
prudent
in
Madame Bovary
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- Prudence!†
Chpt 2.9prudence = good sense and caution
- above all, prudence!†
Chpt 2.9
- For fear of seeming ridiculous, Emma before going in wished to have a little stroll in the harbour, and Bovary prudently kept his tickets in his hand, in the pocket of his trousers, which he pressed against his stomach.†
Chpt 2.15prudently = with good sense and caution
- Homais had thought over his speech; he had rounded, polished it, made it rhythmical; it was a masterpiece of prudence and transitions, of subtle turns and delicacy; but anger had got the better of rhetoric.†
Chpt 3.2prudence = good sense and caution
- She was prudent enough to lay by a thousand crowns, with which the first three bills were paid when they fell due; but the fourth, by chance, came to the house on a Thursday, and Charles, quite upset, patiently awaited his wife's return for an explanation.†
Chpt 3.5
- ...but vanity getting the better of all prudence,
Chpt 3.6 *prudence = good sense and caution
- At last he declared with a serious air that her visits were becoming imprudent—that she was compromising herself.†
Chpt 2.9imprudent = unwisestandard prefix: The prefix "im-" in imprudent means not and reverses the meaning of prudent. 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.