carefully en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ (General-American)
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- /ˈkɛːf(ə)li/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English carfulli, carefulliche, from Old English carfullīċe, ċearfullīċe (“carefully, diligently”), equivalent to careful + -ly.
Meanings
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(obsolete) Sorrowfully.
[…] there was she faine / To call them all in order to her ayde, / And them conjure, upon eternall paine, / To counsell her, so carefully dismayd, / How she might heale her sonne […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
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With care; attentively, circumspectly.
Then his sallow face brightened, for the hall had been carefully furnished, and was very clean. ¶ There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter II, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0091:He carefully avoided the subject all evening.
He carefully studied the papers, while planning his next move.
As he was a politician, he discussed all subjects carefully, not offending anyone.
- Conscientiously, painstakingly, fastidiously, meticulously
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most carefully | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more carefully | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (72)
ja じっくり (in a careful manner) · ru осторо́жно (in a careful manner) · es cuidadosamente (in a careful manner) · pt cuidadosamente (in a careful manner) · ckb بە وردی (in a careful manner) · la curiose (in a careful manner) · ja 慎重に (in a careful manner) · nl voorzichtig (in a careful manner) · tr dikkatlice (in a careful manner) · el επιμελώς (in a careful manner) · eu kontuz (in a careful manner) · pdt behutsom (in a careful manner) · cs opatrně (in a careful manner) · ar بِعِنَايَة (in a careful manner) · fi tarkasti (in a careful manner) · tr itinayla (in a careful manner) · txb anaiśai (in a careful manner) · fi varovasti (in a careful manner) · fi varovaisesti (in a careful manner) · hy կամաց (in a careful manner) · eu arretaz (in a careful manner) · eo zorge (in a careful manner) · bg грижливо (in a careful manner) · it meticolosamente (in a careful manner) · uk обере́жно (in a careful manner) · ko 주의하여 (in a careful manner) · ko 신중히 (in a careful manner) · da forsigtig (in a careful manner) · ug پۇختا (in a careful manner) · bg внимателно (in a careful manner) · pl ostrożnie (in a careful manner) · grc ἐπιμελῶς (in a careful manner) · sh brìžljivo (in a careful manner) · be асцяро́жна (in a careful manner) · de vorsichtig (in a careful manner) · fr soigneusement (in a careful manner) · ru аккура́тно (in a careful manner) · sh pòmnjivo (in a careful manner) · nv tʼáá tłehee (in a careful manner) · sh pòmnjivo (in a careful manner) · uz ehtiyot (in a careful manner) · la caute (in a careful manner) · it attentamente (in a careful manner) · it minuziosamente (in a careful manner) · sv försiktig (in a careful manner) · ro cu grijă (in a careful manner) · shh ian (in a careful manner) · pt cautelosamente (in a careful manner) · gl coidadosamente (in a careful manner) · hy զգույշ (in a careful manner) · ckb بە ھێواشی (in a careful manner) · km ដោយប្រុងប្រយ័ត្ន (in a careful manner) · ko 조심스럽게 (in a careful manner) · sh pȏmno (in a careful manner) · sh pȏmno (in a careful manner) · az ehtiyatlı (in a careful manner) · it accuratamente (in a careful manner) · sw taratibu (in a careful manner) · tr özenle (in a careful manner) · ga go haireach (in a careful manner) · enm sadly (in a careful manner) · hu gondosan (in a careful manner) · mt bil-galbu (in a careful manner) · ca acuradament (in a careful manner) · ru внима́тельно (in a careful manner) · az ehtiyatla (in a careful manner) · eo zorgeme (in a careful manner) · tr titizlikle (in a careful manner) · fi tarkoin (in a careful manner) · sh brìžljivo (in a careful manner) · cmn 小心地 (in a careful manner) · it puntigliosamente (in a careful manner)