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judiciously

/dʒuːˈdɪʃɪsli/joo-DIH-shih-slee
/dʒuˈdɪʃɪsli/joo-DIH-shih-slee

Meaningin a judicious way

Common meaning: wisely

Journey through time

  1. Latiniudiciosussource
  2. Frenchjudicieux‘judicious’source
  3. Englishjudicious‘showing sound judgement’
  4. Englishformed in English from judiciousjudiciously‘wisely’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from judicious + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), JUDICIOUS, p.310 · scan

Source words

  • iudiciosus Latin · source word “showing judgement”

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