judicious.

Carefully chosen or decided with sensible judgment.

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Words that belong together

• judicious choice
• judicious restraint

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A judicious choice saved scarce supplies.

She exercised judicious restraint in her reply.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more judicious; superlative most judicious where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.