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Word: Circumspect
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Latin circumspectus, from circumspicere ‘look around’, from circum ‘around, about’ + specere ‘look’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈsəːkəmspɛkt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
wary and unwilling to take risks
Short Definition:wary and unwilling to take risks
Examples:- the officials were very circumspect in their statements
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