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caresome en · ADJ

Etymology

From care + -some.

Meanings

  1. (rare) Marked by caring or characterised by care; careful; chary.
    • Since here and there one found the lingering trace / Of caresome hands in the neglected place. 1877, The Living Age, volume 135, page 386:
    • She whispered, “Be caresome, Ressie.” 2014, Nancy E. Turner, My Name is Resolute:

Forms

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most caresome Degree=Sup lexicographic
more caresome Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Relateds

chary