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# judicious

«judicious» in Mova's school dictionary: **wise and sensible, showing good judgement** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (judicious); adverb judiciously

### meaning for a pupil

(formal) Judicious means wise and sensible, showing good judgement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judicious/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Formal word in exams, reports and stories: «a judicious choice», «judicious use of water». It tells the reader someone thought carefully before acting.

### examples

- Making a judicious choice, she saved half her pocket money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judicious/#x1)
- The judicious use of water helps in a drought. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judicious/#x2)
- It was judicious to wait until the storm passed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judicious/#x3)
- The captain made a judicious decision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judicious/#x4)
- A judicious editor cut the boring parts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judicious/#x5)
- Use glue judiciously, not too much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judicious/#x6)
- By the judicious care, however, of her now cautious parent she was restored to physical and moral respectability. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judicious/#x7)

### note

Formal; everyday: wise, sensible. Do not mix with «judicial» (to do with judges and courts). Spelling ends «-cious».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «judicious» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judicious/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.