Question

Out of the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the italicised part of the sentence.
The country’s resources should be judiciously used.
a. sparingly
b. reasonably
c. adequately
d. immensely

Answer 1

Hint: Go through each option one by one, and try to understand the meaning of each option by using it in a sentence. Then, choose the option that has the exact same meaning to the given word.

Complete answer: A synonym is a word/phrase that has the exact or nearly the same meaning as another word/phrase in the same language, for example, ‘talk’ is a synonym of ‘chat’, as they convey the same exact meaning as each other, which means that they can replace each other in a sentence. The word ‘judiciously’ refers to ‘with good judgement or sense’. This word is usually used as an adverb and its noun form is ‘judiciousness’. Another synonym of this word is ‘sensibly’.

Now, we know the meaning and usage of the given word. Let’s look at the given options-
a. sparingly - The word ‘sparingly’ refers to ‘in a restricted or infrequent manner; in small quantities’, so this word has a completely different meaning to the given word. This is not the synonym of ‘judiciously’. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.
b. reasonably - The word ‘reasonably’ refers to ‘in a sensible way’, so this word has the exact same meaning as the given word. This is the synonym of ‘judiciously’. This is the required answer. So, this is the correct option.
c. adequately - The word ‘adequately’ refers to ‘to a satisfactory or acceptable extent’, so this word has a completely different meaning to the given word. This is not the synonym of ‘judiciously’. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.
d. immensely - The word ‘immensely’ refers to ‘to a great extent; extremely’, so this word has a completely different meaning to the given word. This is not the synonym of ‘judiciously’. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.

Note: Some frequently used synonyms of judiciously are accordingly, duly, properly, aptly, justly etc.