advisedly

Example Sentences

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It’s hard to watch, and readers who seek it out online should do so advisedly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

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

So it was that my dining area became the arena for a wine glass smackdown, a term that I use advisedly given the lightness and seeming fragility of these five glasses.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2022

His favorite artists were Rembrandt, Sargent, and ‘Titan,” but he added, advisedly, that he himself didn’t care to draw along those lines.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger