well-advised

[ wel-uhd-vahyzd ]

adjective

1. acting with caution, care, or wisdom:

   They would be well-advised to sell the stock now.

2. based on or showing wise consideration:

   There was a well-advised delay in carrying out her plan.

well-advised

adjective

1. acting with deliberation or reason
2. well thought out; considered

   a well-advised plan

Word History and Origins

Origin of well-advised¹

1350–1400; Middle English well avysed

Example Sentences

Cardwell might have been well advised to read up on the entire enterprise.

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He says he will not “try to speak for women,” a well-advised choice since he is, in fact, still a dude.

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And he should be well advised to remember that Russia already lost the Cold War.

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But you are well advised not to try to mention such things to a civil libertarian.

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He suggested that the way things were going, his colleagues would be well advised to hone their own combat skills.

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Of these Napoleon was well advised, but Bernadotte was too cunning to allow himself to be compromised absolutely.

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"I was well advised in not making you my confidant sooner, if this is how you take it," cried Miss Chressham angrily.

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The well-advised saleswoman will have interests outside of her work.

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People are seldom well advised if they do work of this kind in isolation.

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Advis′atory (rare); Advised′, cautious: deliberate, as in well-advised and ill-advised.

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