circumspect
adjective/ˈsɜːkəmspekt/
/ˈsɜːrkəmspekt/
(formal)- thinking very carefully about something before doing it, because there may be risks involved synonym cautious
- He was very circumspect in his financial affairs.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin circumspectus, from circumspicere ‘look around’, from circum ‘around, about’ + specere ‘look’.
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