View synonyms for carefully

carefully

[ kair-fuh-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

in a cautious way, with attention to possible risks and dangers:
Although somewhat "folksy" in his interview, the congressman carefully avoided pitfalls where he would be vulnerable to attack.
in a thorough, attentive, or painstaking way, giving thought to avoiding errors or omissions:
I have to carefully examine the copy editor's marked-up manuscript, double-checking everything and approving or vetoing changes.

First recorded before 1000; careful ( def ) + -ly ( def )

The EPA felt that the State Department had not looked carefully enough at the impact of the pipeline if oil prices fell.

Here is our carefully curated list of the top cities to visit in 2015.

However, it deserves to be carefully studied in order to update the information which is provided to the volunteers.

Ferret is a carefully chosen comparison, implying diligence but absolutely no imagination.

They carefully scanned open windows along the route, looking for places where a shooter might hide.

After a bit of waiting, Mac decided that the smoke was floating from a certain direction, and we began to edge carefully that way.

There was no one in sight, and he carefully raised the cover a little way and tried to look in.

"It will go through, if I live," calmly replied Harry, as he carefully concealed the message in the lining of his coat.

And lifting them carefully one off the other, he took out a deal box that had stood in the lowest stratum.

We came down the rest of the mountain more carefully, though still a great deal too fast.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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