presciently

1. 1.

   with foresight

   “more presciently than they superiors, these workers grasped the economic situation”

   Synonymscannily

Questions about presciently

What does presciently mean?

presciently means "with foresight".

How many syllables are in presciently?

presciently has 3 syllables: pre-scient-ly. The stress falls on "pre".

What is another word for presciently?

Close synonyms include cannily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is presciently a common word?

presciently is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.