prudent
/ˈpɹu.dənt/ adjective C1- Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct. · It is prudent to consult a physician before beginning any new exercise regimen.
- Practically wise, judicious, shrewd. · His prudent career moves reliably brought him to the top.
- Frugal; economical; not extravagant. · Only prudent expenditure may provide quality within a restrictive budget.
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“How do I know?” replied Danglars; “gone, as every prudent man ought to be, to look after his own affairs, most likely.
As prudent sailors have to do:
Owing to this change, the worthy shipowner became at that moment—we will not say all powerful, because Morrel was a prudent and rather a timid man, so much so, that many of the most zealous partisans of Bonaparte accused him of “moderation”—but sufficiently influential to make a demand in favor of Dantès.
Her prudent mother, occupied by the same ideas, forbore to invite him to sit by herself.
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