a. Obs. [f. prec.: see -TIOUS.] Marked by circumspection, circumspect.
1649. Arnway, Tablet (1661), 47. Which circumspectious Nature … oft leaves unpolished.
1656. Earl Monm., Advt. fr. Parnass., 42. Punishments … rather mild and circumspectious, then precipitate and cruel.
