circumspectly, adv.
(ˈsɜːkəmspɛktlɪ)
Also 6 sircum-.
[f. circumspect a. + -ly2.]
In a circumspect manner, with circumspection; cautiously, warily, carefully.
| 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 337 Thei scholde haue writen more circumspectely, if they hade seide, etc. 1553 Primer in Liturgies Edw. VI (1844) 465 Circumspectly and warily to look unto my household. 1611 Bible Eph. v. 15 See then that yee walke circumspectly, not as fooles, but as wise. 1741–2 H. Walpole Lett. H. Mann (1834) I. xxi. 88 We must write circumspectly, for our letters now are no longer safe. 1888 M. Morris Claverhouse vi. 99 To us..who manage these matters so much more circumspectly. |