advisedly
Example Sentences
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This is a country that purports to worship, and I use that term advisedly, the rule of law.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2026
She also said: "Clearly the events of the last few weeks have been difficult - and I use this word advisedly and deliberately - in some respects very traumatic."
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2023
This advisedly clunky emphasis on fibs and their detection is something of a Johnson trademark.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2023
The result was a very powerful mounting, and I use the word advisedly: It sometimes seemed like an exhibit.
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2022
“So it was established by Mr. Ford”—the taller one again took over—“that no man is to receive the money who cannot use it advisedly and conservatively.”
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
