circumspect
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Circumspect Adam, that big lug, plays second fiddle, gazing listlessly but expectantly at his companion — not unlike we are.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2024
Circumspect, Flynn said, “I don’t know what Turkey expects. I don’t know what Russia expects.”
From The New Yorker • Feb. 18, 2017
DoubleX Gabfest: The Circumspect Circumference Edition Listen to ’s show about prenatal depression, hot Olympic bodies, and cosmetic surgery for teenage girls.
From Slate • Aug. 9, 2012
Circumspect and reserved whitecrowns and brush tohees scratched and hopped silently over the forest litter.
From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward
Circumspect, suspicious, was the emperor; he would investigate, and investigation meant the downfall of the structure of falsehood that had been erected with such skill and painstaking by the subtile architect.
From Under the Rose by Isham, Frederic Stewart
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