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comparative more prudential, superlative most prudential
Characterised by the use of prudence; arising from careful thought or deliberation. quotations examples
a prudential line of conduct
1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […]
Matrimony had always been a matter of prudential calculation.
2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 206
Of a person: exercising prudence; cautious. examples
Advisory; superintending or executive. examples
plural prudentials
(archaic, chiefly in the plural) A matter requiring prudence. quotations
I believe few men knew more of the art of policy and self-interested prudentials, but never man so little practised them.
1853, George Godfrey Cunningham, A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, volume 2, page 426