advisedly
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of advisedly
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English avisedli; advised, -ly
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
“We built them so lovingly. You use a word like lovingly advisedly when you’re talking about a hunk of metal, but we put everything we had into those things.”
From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2022
Both of those dates were chosen advisedly: May 5 was the 60th anniversary of Shepard’s pioneering flight, and July 20 is the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
From Scientific American • Jul. 20, 2021
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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
