adv
Meaning 1
Sorrowfully.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
carefully
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɛːf(ə)li/
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General-American: /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/
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CMU ARPABET: K EH1 R F AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
With care; attentively, circumspectly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- As he was a politician, he discussed all subjects carefully, not offending anyone.
- He carefully studied the papers, while planning his next move.
- He carefully avoided the subject all evening.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
Conscientiously, painstakingly, fastidiously, meticulously
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
taking care or paying attention
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they watched carefully
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 5
as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she ventured cautiously downstairs
- they handled the incident with kid gloves
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cautiously
Antonyms: carelessly
History
Etymology
From Middle English carfulli, carefulliche, from Old English carfullīċe, ċearfullīċe (“carefully, diligently”), equivalent to careful + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
72 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: بِعِنَايَة (bi-ʕināya) — in a careful manner
- Armenian: զգույշ (zguyš) — in a careful manner
- Armenian: կամաց (kamacʻ) — in a careful manner
- Azerbaijani: ehtiyatla — in a careful manner
- Azerbaijani: ehtiyatlı — in a careful manner
- Basque: kontuz — in a careful manner
- Basque: arretaz — in a careful manner
- Belarusian: асцяро́жна (ascjaróžna) — in a careful manner
- Bulgarian: грижливо (grižlivo) — in a careful manner
- Bulgarian: внимателно (vnimatelno) — in a careful manner
- Catalan: acuradament — in a careful manner
- Chinese Mandarin: 小心地 (xiǎoxīn de) — in a careful manner
- Czech: opatrně — in a careful manner
- Danish: forsigtig — in a careful manner
- Dutch: voorzichtig — in a careful manner
- Esperanto: zorgeme — in a careful manner
- Esperanto: zorge — in a careful manner
- Finnish: tarkasti — in a careful manner
- Finnish: tarkoin — in a careful manner
- Finnish: varovasti — in a careful manner
- Finnish: varovaisesti — in a careful manner
- French: soigneusement — in a careful manner
- Galician: coidadosamente — in a careful manner
- German: vorsichtig — in a careful manner
- Greek: επιμελώς (epimelós) — in a careful manner
- Ancient Greek: ἐπιμελῶς (epimelôs) — in a careful manner
- Hungarian: gondosan — in a careful manner
- Irish: go haireach — in a careful manner
- Italian: minuziosamente — in a careful manner
- Italian: accuratamente — in a careful manner
- Italian: meticolosamente — in a careful manner
- Italian: puntigliosamente — in a careful manner
- Italian: attentamente — in a careful manner
- Japanese: じっくり (jikkuri) — in a careful manner
- Japanese: 慎重に (shinchō ni) — in a careful manner
- Khmer: ដោយប្រុងប្រយ័ត្ន (daoy proŋ prɑyat) — in a careful manner
- Korean: 주의하여 (juuihayeo) — in a careful manner
- Korean: 조심스럽게 (josimseureopge) — in a careful manner
- Korean: 신중히 (sinjunghi) — in a careful manner
- Central Kurdish: بە وردی (be wirdî) — in a careful manner
- Central Kurdish: بە ھێواشی (be hêwaşî) — in a careful manner
- Latin: curiose — in a careful manner
- Latin: caute — in a careful manner
- Maltese: bil-galbu — in a careful manner
- Middle English: sadly — in a careful manner
- Navajo: tʼáá tłehee — in a careful manner
- Plautdietsch: behutsom — in a careful manner
- Polish: ostrożnie — in a careful manner
- Portuguese: cuidadosamente — in a careful manner
- Portuguese: cautelosamente — in a careful manner
- Romanian: cu grijă — in a careful manner
- Russian: осторо́жно (ostoróžno) — in a careful manner
- Russian: аккура́тно (akkurátno) — in a careful manner
- Russian: внима́тельно (vnimátelʹno) — in a careful manner
- Serbo-Croatian: brìžljivo — in a careful manner
- Serbo-Croatian: pòmnjivo — in a careful manner
- Serbo-Croatian: pȏmno — in a careful manner
- Serbo-Croatian: brìžljivo — in a careful manner
- Serbo-Croatian: pòmnjivo — in a careful manner
- Serbo-Croatian: pȏmno — in a careful manner
- Shoshone: ian — in a careful manner
- Spanish: cuidadosamente — in a careful manner
- Swahili: taratibu — in a careful manner
- Swedish: försiktig — in a careful manner
- Tocharian B: anaiśai — in a careful manner
- Turkish: dikkatlice — in a careful manner
- Turkish: itinayla — in a careful manner
- Turkish: özenle — in a careful manner
- Turkish: titizlikle — in a careful manner
- Ukrainian: обере́жно (oberéžno) — in a careful manner
- Uyghur: پۇختا (puxta) — in a careful manner
- Uzbek: ehtiyot — in a careful manner
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