Carefully meaning

What does “carefully” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“carefully” is an adverb with 2 meanings. Its most common meaning is: taking care or paying attention.

carefully

adverb

  1. taking care or paying attention

    “they watched carefully”

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

    “she ventured cautiously downstairs”

    “they handled the incident with kid gloves”

    Synonymscautiously
    Oppositescarelessly

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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