judicious

[US]/dʒuˈdɪʃəs/
[UK]/dʒuˈdɪʃəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. wise; showing good judgment.

Example Sentences

a judicious change of policy

the judicious use of public investment.

an article with a judicious use of examples

We should listen to the judicious opinion of that old man.

A judicious parent encourages his children to make their own decisions.

At a key moment in his life, he made a judicious investment that was the foundation.

Real-world Examples

He made a judicious decision to leave the country to pursue study in the UK.

Source: IELTS Vocabulary: Category Recognition

Prosperity, modernisation and peace, plus a judicious dose of amnesia, would lay the ghosts to rest.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

With judicious economy, he told his brother, I shall hope to make that carry me through the lean years.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The effect of judicious cutting is immediate and often amazing—literary Viagra. You'll feel it and your I.R. will, too.

Source: Stephen King on Writing

Tommy followed him at a judicious distance.

Source: Hidden danger

The judicious historian abstains from narrating precisely what ensued.

Source: Adam Bede (Part One)

Their work was largely judicious, practical, well considered, and almost too cautious.

Source: The Education of Henry Adams (Part Two)

Thanks to the judicious Tolstoy, we see entirely unexpected aspects of the man.

Source: Literature

The great experience of this judicious merchant renders his opinion of considerable weight.

Source: The Wealth of Nations (Part Two)

He did not answer immediately, for he had to be judicious and not truthful.

Source: Adam Bede (Volume 3)

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