Meanings
comparative more presciently · superlative most presciently
- In a prescient manner.
But as the pandemic accelerated, EMR acted presciently and made changes before the Government put the country into lockdown.
2020 September 9, Tom Ingall, “EMR adhering to franchise commitmenta”, in Rail, page 622 more examples
The desire to know definitely and presciently is also one of the most urgent of the instincts proper of man; it leads him on to the most mystical speculations as to the future, and is the orectic basis of all the arts of divination, as well as of scientific Proleptics or anticipation of the order of nature.
1860, Thomas Laycock, Mind and brain, page 94It was Sir Walter Raleigh who presciently said: 'Who commands the sea commands trade; who commands the trade of the world commands its riches, and so commands the world itself.'
1992, Giles Radice, Offshore: Britain and the European Idea, page 20
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbwith foresight
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Origin
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