carefully
Syllables: care·ful·lyUK/ˈkɛːf(ə)li//ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/
carefully adverb: sorrowfully.
Adverb
carefully (comparative more carefully, superlative most carefully)
- 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
- With care; attentively, circumspectly.
- As he was a politician, he discussed all subjects carefully, not offending anyone.
- He carefully studied the papers, while planning his next move.
- Conscientiously, painstakingly, fastidiously, meticulously
carefully meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
carefully in Hindi
- carefully
- ध्यानपूर्वक dhyānpūrvak
carefully in Tamil
- carefully; taking into consideration
- பார்த்து pārttu
carefully in Marathi
- carefully, cautiously
- जपून japūn
carefully in Urdu
- ہولے ہولے, سنبھل کر
More languagesFewer languages
- carefully in Bengali
- আস্তে aste
- carefully in Malayalam
- സൂക്ഷ്മം sūkṣmaṁ, സാവധാനം sāvadhānaṁ
- carefully in Nepali
- सावधानीपूर्वक
- carefully in Arabic
- بِعِنَايَة bi-ʕināya
Examples of carefully in a sentence
- A press operator must carefully wash the blanket whenever changing a plate.
- The bank robbers have three hostages inside, so we're going to have to play this very carefully.
- The door panel should be sanded down carefully to provide a good key for the new paint.
Forms of carefully
| comparative | more carefully |
|---|---|
| superlative | most carefully |
Origin of carefully
From Middle English carfulli, carefulliche, from Old English carfullīċe, ċearfullīċe (“carefully, diligently”), equivalent to careful + -ly.
Words formed from carefully
Phrases with carefully
Questions about carefully
- What does carefully mean?
- Carefully means sorrowfully.
- What is carefully in Hindi?
- Carefully in Hindi is ध्यानपूर्वक (dhyānpūrvak). See Carefully meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is carefully?
- Carefully is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce carefully?
- Carefully is pronounced /ˈkɛːf(ə)li/ (UK).
Words near carefully in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: carefully (page history and authors); ध्यानपूर्वक (Hindi) (page history and authors); பார்த்து (Tamil) (page history and authors); जपून (Marathi) (page history and authors); carefully (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); আস্তে (Bengali) (page history and authors); സാവധാനം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); carefully (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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