Explore Circumspect through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like discreet or prudent. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Circumspect meaning
Carefully aware of all circumstances; considerate of all that is pertinent.
Using Circumspect
- The main meaning on this page is: Carefully aware of all circumstances; considerate of all that is pertinent.
- Useful related words include: discreet, prudent.
- In the example corpus, circumspect often appears in combinations such as: more circumspect, circumspect about, be circumspect.
Context around Circumspect
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Circumspect
- In this selection, "circumspect" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pretty, approach, position and seeing stand out and add context to how "circumspect" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a more circumspect position after and a pretty circumspect conclusion considering. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "circumspect" sits close to words such as adjoint, affixes and agonisingly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with circumspect
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They were more circumspect. (4 words)
Lawler, however, has not been so circumspect. (7 words)
We need to be circumspect in this regard. (8 words)
While you may want to go for the latest technology when it comes to getting a new cell phone or video game console, you should be more circumspect when it comes to what you put in your body. (38 words)
She was more circumspect about Mr. Simpson’s acquittal on charges that he fatally stabbed his former wife and a friend of hers in 1994, declining to say if she thought he was guilty. (34 words)
Pooran soon opted for seeing off the new-ball pair, given the movement on offer, while Powell was also circumspect, seeing off a maiden from Sam Curran in the eighth. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
He claimed on his podcast, You Cannot be Serious, that her death had made him more 'circumspect'.
Housing affordability remains a crucial political issue in Victoria, although the Andrews government has so far been circumspect about the prospect of meaningful economic reforms.
This is a time to be circumspect in order not to play into the hands of our detractors”, the statement said.
We need to be circumspect in this regard.
While you may want to go for the latest technology when it comes to getting a new cell phone or video game console, you should be more circumspect when it comes to what you put in your body.
I’m also circumspect about anywhere that calls itself a refined taverna, or indeed a refined anything.
Lawler, however, has not been so circumspect.
On Sunday evening, Algeria adopted a more circumspect position, after the announcement of Assad's flight to Moscow.
Pooran soon opted for seeing off the new-ball pair, given the movement on offer, while Powell was also circumspect, seeing off a maiden from Sam Curran in the eighth.
She was more circumspect about Mr. Simpson’s acquittal on charges that he fatally stabbed his former wife and a friend of hers in 1994, declining to say if she thought he was guilty.
They “adopted over time an increasingly cautious and circumspect approach regarding past accounts, including in some cases retracting statements made previously”.
They were more circumspect.
When I wrote the above article, almost exactly one year ago, I was more circumspect about the impact of Airbnb on rental costs and quality of life.
Considering this presumption is based on the previous incorrect assertion, it's a pretty circumspect conclusion, considering I personally have never seen anyone treat pedophilia lightly.
However, he was circumspect when asked what those might be.
In Georgia, any Republican concerns are more circumspect.
Larkin was circumspect about the prospect of the Stars missing out because of the Sydney weather on Saturday night.
Nabena stated that as the APC-led government reforms, rebuilds and repositions the country, everyone should be circumspect, humane and measured in their utterances and actions.
Perhaps, it’s the swing in the air that makes him more circumspect against Anderson.
That, on one hand, confers on him standing to merit respect, on the other casts on him the burden of weighing in on issues with a more than circumspect approach.
Common combinations with circumspect
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- more circumspect 16×
- circumspect about 9×
- be circumspect 8×
- was circumspect 4×
- circumspect in 3×
- circumspect when 3×
- and circumspect 3×
- circumspect approach 3×
- circumspect and 3×
- also circumspect 2×