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JUDICIOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
Example:
a wise decision
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
prudent (careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment)
Derivation:
judiciousness (the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating)
judiciousness (good judgment)
Context examples:
I left him an excellent mark in the window, and, having warned the police that they might be needed—by the way, Watson, you spotted their presence in that doorway with unerring accuracy—I took up what seemed to me to be a judicious post for observation, never dreaming that he would choose the same spot for his attack.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"Your decisions are perfectly judicious, madam," returned Mr. Brocklehurst.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
David, I wish to God I had had a judicious father these last twenty years!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
She had previously determined how far she would proceed, on any application of the sort; and it would be safer for both, to have the judicious law of her own brain laid down with speed.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
After a short silence, the same person told me, that his friends and mine (so he thought fit to express himself) were very much pleased with the judicious remarks I had made on the great happiness and advantages of immortal life, and they were desirous to know, in a particular manner, what scheme of living I should have formed to myself, if it had fallen to my lot to have been born a struldbrug.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
Miss Lee taught her French, and heard her read the daily portion of history; but he recommended the books which charmed her leisure hours, he encouraged her taste, and corrected her judgment: he made reading useful by talking to her of what she read, and heightened its attraction by judicious praise.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Catherine, delighted at so happy an escape, spoke her pleasure aloud with grateful surprise; and her companion immediately made the matter perfectly simple by assuring her that it was entirely owing to the peculiarly judicious manner in which he had then held the reins, and the singular discernment and dexterity with which he had directed his whip.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
I overcame the extreme reluctance of the natives—a reluctance which extends even to talk upon the subject—and by judicious persuasion and gifts, aided, I will admit, by some threats of coercion, I got two of them to act as guides.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
That I should like to have it is certain: whether it would be judicious or wise is another question.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I am not about to be hipped again, David; but I tell you, my good fellow, once more, that it would have been well for me (and for more than me) if I had had a steadfast and judicious father!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
