circumspect

[Klimt]

Heedful of circumstances and potential consequences; prudent.


After that the generals began to disperse with the solemnity and circumspect silence of people who are leaving, after a funeral.

Very circumspect and very alert, he moved here and there about the open space, peering through the vistas among the trees and trying to catch a glimpse of the hunting animal that all suspected had pursued me.

These were all reasons for the greatest caution and most circumspect behavior in communicating it.

[LukeJavan8]

circumspect silence at a funeral, but never at an Irish wake.