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PRESCIENTLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does presciently mean?
• PRESCIENTLY (adverb)
The adverb PRESCIENTLY has 1 sense:
1. with foresight
Familiarity information: PRESCIENTLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
With foresight
Synonyms:
cannily; presciently
Context example:
more presciently than they superiors, these workers grasped the economic situation
Pertainym:
prescient (perceiving the significance of events before they occur)
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