presciently

English

Etymology

From prescient +‎ -ly.

Adverb

presciently (comparative more presciently, superlative most presciently)

  1. In a prescient manner.
    • 1860, Thomas Laycock, Mind and brain, page 94:
      The desire to know definitely and presciently is also one of the most urgent of the instincts proper of man; it leads him on to the most mystical speculations as to the future, and is the orectic basis of all the arts of divination, as well as of scientific Proleptics or anticipation of the order of nature.
    • 1992, Giles Radice, Offshore: Britain and the European Idea, page 20:
      It was Sir Walter Raleigh who presciently said: 'Who commands the sea commands trade; who commands the trade of the world commands its riches, and so commands the world itself.'
    • 2020 September 9, Tom Ingall, “EMR adhering to franchise commitmenta”, in Rail, page 62:
      But as the pandemic accelerated, EMR acted presciently and made changes before the Government put the country into lockdown.
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