carefully
Americanadverb
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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.
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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.
Other Word Forms
- quasi-carefully adverb
- ultracarefully adverb
Etymology
Origin of carefully
First recorded before 1000; careful ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )
Example Sentences
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It was an ordinary life, lived carefully - a young man trying to pull his family out of poverty.
From BBC
This extensive dataset allowed scientists to carefully examine how diet relates to long term health outcomes.
From Science Daily
Before we were both retired, our financial planner began watching carefully over our assets and meeting with us regularly to make sure we were financially prepared.
Such footage would also show wreaths sent by senior party and state officials, arranged in a carefully prescribed order.
It is a significant change from the days when most meetings between young people were carefully managed by relatives with an eye to marriage, and any form of premarital romantic relations was off limits.
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