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Carefully

//ˈkɛːf(ə)li// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    Sorrowfully. obsolete

    "[…] 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 […]"

  2. 2
    With care; attentively, circumspectly.

    "As he was a politician, he discussed all subjects carefully, not offending anyone."

  3. 3
    Conscientiously, painstakingly, fastidiously, meticulously
Adverb
  1. 1
    taking care or paying attention wordnet
  2. 2
    as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English carfulli, carefulliche, from Old English carfullīċe, ċearfullīċe (“carefully, diligently”), equivalent to careful + -ly.

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