carefully
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English carfulli, carefulliche, from Old English carfullīċe, ċearfullīċe (“carefully, diligently”), equivalent to careful + -ly.
Base: careful
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more carefully
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most carefully
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Sorrowfully.
pos: adv
tags: obsolete
examples: […] 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 […]
gloss: With care; attentively, circumspectly.
pos: adv
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.
Then his sallow face brightened, for the hall had been carefully furnished, and was very clean. ¶ There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
gloss: Conscientiously, painstakingly, fastidiously, meticulously
pos: adv
Derived words: tread carefully
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: بِعِنَايَة
roman: bi-ʕināya
lang: Armenian
word: զգույշ
roman: zguyš
lang: Armenian
word: կամաց
roman: kamacʻ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ehtiyatla
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ehtiyatlı
lang: Basque
word: kontuz
lang: Basque
word: arretaz
lang: Belarusian
word: асцяро́жна
roman: ascjaróžna
lang: Bulgarian
word: грижливо
roman: grižlivo
lang: Bulgarian
word: внимателно
roman: vnimatelno
lang: Catalan
word: acuradament
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 小心地
roman: xiǎoxīn de
lang: Czech
word: opatrně
lang: Danish
word: forsigtig
lang: Dutch
word: voorzichtig
lang: Esperanto
word: zorgeme
lang: Esperanto
word: zorge
lang: Finnish
word: tarkasti
lang: Finnish
word: tarkoin
lang: Finnish
word: varovasti
lang: Finnish
word: varovaisesti
lang: French
word: soigneusement
lang: Galician
word: coidadosamente
lang: German
word: vorsichtig
lang: Greek
word: επιμελώς
roman: epimelós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἐπιμελῶς
roman: epimelôs
lang: Hungarian
word: gondosan
lang: Irish
word: go haireach
lang: Italian
word: minuziosamente
lang: Italian
word: accuratamente
lang: Italian
word: meticolosamente
lang: Italian
word: puntigliosamente
lang: Italian
word: attentamente
lang: Japanese
word: じっくり
roman: jikkuri
lang: Japanese
word: 慎重に
roman: shinchō ni
lang: Khmer
word: ដោយប្រុងប្រយ័ត្ន
roman: daoy proŋ prɑyat
lang: Korean
word: 주의하여
roman: juuihayeo
lang: Korean
word: 조심스럽게
roman: josimseureopge
lang: Korean
word: 신중히
roman: sinjunghi
lang: Central Kurdish
word: بە وردی
roman: be wirdî
lang: Central Kurdish
word: بە ھێواشی
roman: be hêwaşî
lang: Latin
word: curiose
lang: Latin
word: caute
lang: Maltese
word: bil-galbu
lang: Middle English
word: sadly
lang: Navajo
word: tʼáá tłehee
lang: Plautdietsch
word: behutsom
lang: Polish
word: ostrożnie
lang: Portuguese
word: cuidadosamente
lang: Portuguese
word: cautelosamente
lang: Romanian
word: cu grijă
lang: Russian
word: осторо́жно
roman: ostoróžno
lang: Russian
word: аккура́тно
roman: akkurátno
lang: Russian
word: внима́тельно
roman: vnimátelʹno
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: brìžljivo
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pòmnjivo
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pȏmno
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: brìžljivo
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pòmnjivo
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pȏmno
lang: Shoshone
word: ian
lang: Spanish
word: cuidadosamente
lang: Swahili
word: taratibu
lang: Swedish
word: försiktig
lang: Tocharian B
word: anaiśai
lang: Turkish
word: dikkatlice
lang: Turkish
word: itinayla
lang: Turkish
word: özenle
lang: Turkish
word: titizlikle
lang: Ukrainian
word: обере́жно
roman: oberéžno
lang: Uyghur
word: پۇختا
roman: puxta
lang: Uzbek
word: ehtiyot