CAREFULLY Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

carefully

adverb

Definition of carefully

as in conscientiously

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Recent Examples of carefully The crawl space had to do certain things, and the actor had to move in a certain way, so it was engineered pretty carefully. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026 For smaller sections like the backsplash, carefully apply the sealer with an application brush, making sure to only get into the grout lines. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026 Founder Borut Kokelj has collected around 25,000 jokes, carefully avoiding material targeting specific ethnic or religious groups. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026 Most professionals carefully track expenses, exercise, screen time or financial investments. — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026 To that end, mediators could carefully frame discussions and calibrate their pace. — Matt Waldman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026 Problems concerning infrastructure, investment, distribution and regulation have all compounded the effects of Britain’s scorching summer, forcing the government to consider its plans for a water crisis more carefully. — Will Barker, TheWeek, 13 Aug. 2026 Savers should carefully calculate their interest-earnings before making a $100,000 transfer into a CD or high-yield savings account now. — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 Place a large plate over skillet, and carefully invert cake onto plate; let cool for 30 minutes. — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2026

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One way in which Wounaan do so is conscientiously sharing and redistributing food, money, wisdom and the like to foster equity.

— Chenier Carpio Opua, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026
By thinking locally, building conscientiously, and operationalizing sustainability in our deployment choices, AI users, companies, and developers can also help ensure that the infrastructure powering our future doesn’t cost us the earth.

— Sasha Luccioni, Time, 3 July 2026

Definition of conscientiously

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Even the left treads cautiously, wary that outspoken support for Palestinian statehood will alienate voters.

— Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026
Barcelona is approaching the complex transfer cautiously, expecting Rodri to demonstrate a strong desire to move.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of cautiously

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This analogy is strangely anticlimactic and almost consoling, but a pedestrian ending comes with the territory in a scrupulously realistic book about the inconceivable.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
The cleats, now scrupulously modeled in 3D simulations, originated as sharp metal nails, the kind sold at a local hardware store.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 2 July 2026

Definition of scrupulously

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Some still laden with weapons, the ships belonged to Nazi Germany's Black Sea fleet that was deliberately sunk near the end of the war as German troops retreated from Romania and Soviet forces advanced deeper into Europe.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Some still laden with weapons, the ships belonged to Nazi Germany’s Black Sea fleet that was deliberately sunk near the end of the war as German troops retreated from Romania and Soviet forces advanced deeper into Europe.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of deliberately

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Adapted from Shelby Van Pelt’s bestselling novel, Remarkably Bright Creatures stars Field as Tova Sullivan, a 70-year-old widow meticulously dedicated to her cleaning job at the Sowell Bay aquarium.

— Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026
Now on Kickstarter, the ScanMax 320 is a powerful, portable, and intelligent scanning solution meticulously crafted for modern workflows.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of meticulously

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Storms stretched from the Plains to Ohio early Friday morning and will slowly start to sink south and ease up by the afternoon.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
The Gordon Road Stand, the oldest in the EFL and barely 30 yards wide, was still standing, albeit slowly rotting away after being closed in the wake of the Bradford City fire disaster that claimed 56 lives in 1985.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of slowly

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Dewey shared that the Renaissance Center that was built in the 1970s was created to be a fortress, strictly for workers not in the community.

— Julia Avant, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Tehran has said the Strait’s administration should remain strictly between the two coastal states.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 18 Aug. 2026

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