All 7 Uses
prudent
in
The Phantom of the Opera
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- The secretary urged her, in his chief's name, to commit no imprudence, to stay at home all day and to be careful of drafts; and Carlotta could not help, after he had gone, comparing this unusual and unexpected advice with the threats contained in the letter.†
Chpt 7imprudence = 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.
- The somber picture which he had for a moment imagined of a Christine forgetting her duty to herself made way for his original conception of an unfortunate, innocent child, the victim of imprudence and exaggerated sensibility.†
Chpt 9
- The more so as, at the time of the first scene, as Richard himself admitted, Richard had met nobody in that part of the theater after Mme. Giry had brushed up against him... Having begun by walking backward in order to bow, Richard continued to do so from prudence, until he reached the passage leading to the offices of the management.†
Chpt 17prudence = good sense and caution
- However, I resolved to be extremely prudent, and did not make the mistake of returning to the shore of the lake, or of going by the Communists' road.†
Chpt 21 *
- I was careful not to stir and remained prudently in my dark hole.†
Chpt 21prudently = with good sense and caution
- ... We are here to save you ...but be prudent!†
Chpt 22
- For it was he; and, instead of drowning me, as was certainly his first intention, he swam with me and laid me gently on the bank: "How imprudent you are!" he said, as he stood before me, dripping with water.†
Chpt 21imprudent = 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.