circumspectly

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Four of the six members of OpenAI’s board, it seems, wanted the company to move more circumspectly.

From Slate • Nov. 27, 2023

“I’m happy for what the wedding means,” Laura added to The Associated Press very circumspectly, wiping tears away alongside her mothers.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2022

“I don’t go into this looking for villains,” Karsner said in an interview, circumspectly holding back on specific remedies.

From Washington Post • Jun. 19, 2021

Classical economists from Adam Smith on typically depicted economic man as a rational creature, acting circumspectly in his own self-interest.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2019

She began, circumspectly, by talking about Mirabelle, as she had been for months.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng