[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The quality of being circumspect; circumspection, watchfulness, caution, care.
1581. Mulcaster, Positions, vi. (1887), 44. Circunspectnes in diet.
1645. Milton, Tetrach. (1851), Introd. 142. Prudence and farre-judging circumspectnesse.
1659. Gauden, Brounrig (1660), A iiij a. Of all gravity, prudence, circumspectness, and candour.
1831. Carlyle, Sart. Res., II. x. Let his own questionable ways, not our necessary circumspectness, bear the blame.
