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adjective

Judicious adj.

Of or relating to a court; judicial. (Obs.) "His last offenses to us Shall have judicious hearing."

Directed or governed by sound judgment; having sound judgment; wise; prudent; sagacious; discreet. "He is noble, wise, judicious, and best knows The fits o' the season."

Synonyms: Prudent; discreet; rational; wise; skillful; discerning; sagacious; well-advised.

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Etymology of 'Judicious'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... an attack by the city brigands who are always prowling in the vicinity of picnic parties, it will be judicious to attend to ...

— Punchinello Vol. 1, No. 21, August 20, 1870 • Various

... is. She is too amiable to desire what would make me unhappy, and too judicious to wish to step beyond the sphere of her sex. I will never consent to have our peace disturbed by ...

— Woman in the Ninteenth Century - and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition - and Duties, of Woman. • Margaret Fuller Ossoli

... a moment before. I was walking directly toward one of my families, and it occurred to me that I might run in and make a call, while I was near at hand. I had first become interested in them at church. I was impressed by their cleanliness and regularity of attendance, and by a certain judicious arrangement of their children—the parents always sitting so as to separate the latter by their ...

— How to Cook Husbands • Elizabeth Strong Worthington

... there. In the absence of a Brazilian ship-of-war, I manned the captured brig Don Miguel—changing her name to the Maranhao—and placed her under the command of an able and gallant officer, Captain-Lieutenant (now Admiral) Grenfell, upon whose judicious management every ...

— Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, - from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 2 • Thomas Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald

... office is to enable plants to draw material out of the soil. It makes activities possible that convert soil material into crops. Fertilizers add plant-food directly to the soil, and it is also to their credit that their judicious use favors increased availability in some of the compounds already in the soil. The greater part of the labor put on land is designed to make plant-food available, either by providing moisture, or ease of penetration of plant-roots, or activity of bacteria, or other means that ...

— Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement • Alva Agee

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