judiciously.

With sound and careful judgment about the relevant circumstances.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• judiciously select
• judiciously weigh

On the page

The editor judiciously selected examples that represented the different senses.

The inquiry judiciously weighed the records’ strengths and limitations.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Invariable adverb; use more or most only where natural. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: effect assessment, evidence qualification, conditional reasoning, method comparison. Disciplines: argumentation, research interpretation, analytical writing. Commonness: moderately common.