Definitions for carefully
care·ful·ly

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. carefully(adverb)

   taking care or paying attention

   "they watched carefully"

2. cautiously, carefully(adverb)

   as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact

   "she ventured cautiously downstairs"; "they handled the incident with kid gloves"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. carefully(Adverb)

   In a careful manner.

   Etymology: From carfulli, carefulliche, from carfullice, equivalent to .

2. carefully(Adverb)

   With attention to the result.

   He carefully avoided the subject all evening.

   Etymology: From carfulli, carefulliche, from carfullice, equivalent to .

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Carefully(adverb)

   in a careful manner

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'carefully' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1437

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'carefully' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2021

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'carefully' in Adverbs Frequency: #132

How to pronounce carefully?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say carefully in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of carefully in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of carefully in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of carefully in a Sentence

1. Yassir Arafat:

   Choose your friends carefully. Your enemies will choose you.

2. Dan Ivascyn:

   We are carefully adding some positions in areas that are higher-quality credits and have underperformed such as triple-A CMBS and banks and brokers such as JPMorgan and Wells Fargo, those are examples of higher-quality names.

3. Council of Europe:

   The constitutional amendments, and especially their practical implementation, will be assessed in light of Turkey's obligations as a European Union candidate country. in view of the close result the Turkish leadership should consider the next steps carefully.

4. Japan Deputy Governor Masayoshi Amamiya:

   We're looking very carefully at developments, including how much the impact could spread.

5. Mao Zedong:

   Revolution is not a dinner party, not an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery it cannot be advanced softly, gradually, carefully, considerately, respectfully, politely, plainly and modestly.

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