advisedly

Example Sentences

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This is a country that purports to worship, and I use that term advisedly, the rule of law.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026

She also said: "Clearly the events of the last few weeks have been difficult - and I use this word advisedly and deliberately - in some respects very traumatic."

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2023

This advisedly clunky emphasis on fibs and their detection is something of a Johnson trademark.

From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2023

The result was a very powerful mounting, and I use the word advisedly: It sometimes seemed like an exhibit.

From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2022

His favorite artists were Rembrandt, Sargent, and ‘Titan,” but he added, advisedly, that he himself didn’t care to draw along those lines.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger