The intended sense must be carefully judged by context and intonation.

The timing in the heavy swell had to be carefully judged.

But the war leaders had judged the risk carefully: to have any chance at all against such an overwhelming foe, we must act quickly.

When he married, it would be a carefully judged step, possibly to someone who was faintly 'county'.

He plunged on, changing the subject with carefully judged clumsiness.

Odo bowed his head a carefully judged fraction of an inch.

The pace at which management budgets are introduced will need to be carefully judged.

The pace at which new financial systems can be introduced needs to be carefully judged.

That every new candidate must be carefully judged by the same standard, is a conviction we all share.

There were some fruit trees nearby, so he went over and carefully judged which were the ripest.