advisedly

comparative more advisedly · superlative most advisedly

1. With intentionality, and deliberately, usually also with a connotation of due consideration and wise choosing.

   […] seeing in many such occasions of common life we advisedly do renounce or waive our own opinions, absolutely yielding to the direction of others

   a. 1683, Isaac Barrow, Sermon LIX, “Of obedience to our spiritual guides and governors”

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   The tongue is a sharp and parlous weapon, which we are bound to keep up in the sheath, or never to draw forth but advisedly, and upon just occasion; it must ever be wielded with caution and care: to brandish it wantonly, to lay about with it blindly and furiously, to slash and smite therewith any that happeth to come in our way, doth argue malice or madness.

   a. 1678, Isaac Barrow, “Sermon XVII. The Folly of Slander.”, in The Theological Works of Isaac Barrow, D.D. […], volume I (Containing Twenty-four Sermons on Several Occasions), Oxford, Oxfordshire: University Press, published 1830, →OCLC, paragraph 6, pages 502–503

   Of the remaining 580 channels, 2.5 channels had no fuel element in them and no orifice. We assumed advisedly that these transmitted twice as much air as an unorificed, unplugged channel loaded with a fuel cartridge.

   1951 July, Melville Clark, Jr., “Numerical Results and Conclusions”, in Axial Heat Distribution in Brookhaven Reactor (BNL-123), Upton, N.Y.: Brookhaven National Laboratory, →OCLC, page 17

2. As prescribed by an authority, especially a dictionary; sometimes implying that the literal sense doesn't convey the whole picture in context or that the word is used ironically

   Now when I say the seal is vicious I use the term advisedly, according to Webster's 9th New Collegiate, definition 4b

   1993, The Mountain Goats, “Beach House”

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   By contrast, unelemental philosophy no longer has as its focal point humanity's relation to the world. Man (I use this term advisedly) becomes an analysing spectator of his existence, as opposed to a participant in it.

   2021, David Lorimer, A Quest for Wisdom

   Even when the T is functioning — and I use the term advisedly — it’s simply not equipped to serve a large, busy city. Frequently, at the Longwood stop, there are masses of people flowing out of hospitals at 5 p.m. And you can see, up on the board, that the next train is 16 minutes away. Everyone at the stop is screwed, and they know it. By the time the T arrives, the crowds waiting to get on will be three-people deep. Many folks won’t be able to board. And nobody can get an Uber because dozens of people are trying to call them.

   2026 September 26, Kara Miller, “The T’s unreliability is outrageous and costly. Why do we put up with it?”, in The Boston Globe, retrieved 26 Sep 2026