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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 foresightplay

  Familiarity information: PRESCIENTLY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRESCIENTLY (adverb)


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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