advisedly

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Recent Examples of advisedly The wrecking begins when Carey (Marvin), Paul’s best friend, ill-advisedly sleeps with Julie—and then, more ill-advisedly still, confesses it to Paul the next day. Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
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Adverb
  • Bluesky, part of the decentralized internet, is slower paced and caters to niche interests, rewarding internecine fights over minutiae, whereas X is deliberately chaotic, encouraging the gathering of follower-armies and ideological insult-comedy for an audience that may be largely made up of bots.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
  • People can deliberately cultivate more conscientiousness, boost their sociability or soften their neurotic edges.
    Dave Winsborough, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Giants pitcher Justin Verlander, who had just allowed four straight batters to hit the ball at least 97 MPH, intentionally walked Shohei Ohtani.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • With a base open, Melvin elected to intentionally walk one MVP in Shohei Ohtani to get to another MVP in Betts.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Advisedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/advisedly. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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