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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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(Uncircumspectly,) Uncircumspectelie, adv. Also: oncircumspectlie. [e.m.E. vncircumspectly (1535).] Incautiously, rashly. —(a) 1596 Dalr. I 199/1.
How … thay considder … how vncircumspectelie and vnwislie thay wrocht, quhen sa cruellie thay enveyet against the Scottis —(b) c1650 P. Gordon Brit. Dist. 209.
He caried … this armie into Ingland so oncircumspectlie, and with so shallowe a judgment, as might weil bewray that he had second ends
