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[SUR-kahm-spekt'] 
1. attentive to the circumstances and potential consequences (of an action); cautious; prudent: "I'm not saying that you were wrong, but you need to be more circumspect with your choice of words in front of such a sensitive audience."
adverb form: circumspectly
Origin:
Before 1420; from Middle English; borrowed from Latin, 'circumspectus,' past participle of 'circumspicere': to look around, to take heed ('circum': around + 'specere': to look, which is related to the root 'spek-': to observe). In action:
"Warren Beatty, his wife, Annette Bening, and other Hollywood liberal luminaries gathered on Wednesday night for a talk by Scott Ritter, the former United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq whose recent statements about Saddam Hussein's weapons programs had undercut the Bush administration's arguments for a pre-emptive attack.
While the educational session at the home of Stanley Sheinbaum, the publisher and Democratic fund-raiser, was hardly unusual for the outspoken and politically active Mr. Beatty, what emerged was quite uncharacteristic: a measured, almost circumspect analysis of President Bush's confrontation with Iraq and his push for a Congressional resolution authorizing the use of force.
'To rush to pass such a far-reaching resolution before the election will be deemed by many to be opportunistic and will benefit neither the administration nor its opponents,' Mr. Beatty said."
John M. Broder. "Outspoken Celebrities Have Little to Say About Iraq," The New York Times (October 6, 2002).
"German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his conservative rival Edmund Stoiber, neck and neck in opinion polls for the September 22 national election, have clashed in their second and last live television debate on the subject of Iraq.
Schroeder, appearing self-assured at the start of the contest, insisted that he would not support the U.S. in an attack to oust Saddam Hussein -- even with the backing of a U.N. mandate.
Stoiber was more circumspect saying he opposed blanket backing for the U.S. but was concerned a rift might develop with an important ally."
"German leaders in TV Iraq clash," CNN.com (September 8, 2002).
"For Katie Brown Blackburn, executive vice president of the Cincinnati Bengals and heir apparent to the team's throne, it is not so much her father's joshing as his childhood nickname for her: 'Pumpky.'
'You never know who he's going to say it in front of, but there are some times when I wish he wouldn't,' said Ms. Blackburn, 37, who is responsible for negotiating player contracts and overseeing the team's radio and television networks.
Carolyn Martini, the chief executive of the Louis M. Martini Winery in St. Helena, Calif., wasn't so circumspect about her father's comments. On her first week on the job, 'He said something that set me off,' she recalled. 'I yelled, he yelled, and we both went huffing off. Then we realized if we're going to work together, we can't do this. Both of us apologized simultaneously.'"
Weld Royal. "When a Daughter Is Groomed for Chief," The New York Times (October 6, 2002).
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