CONSIDERATELY Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

considerately

adverb

as in kindly

with good reason or courtesy he considerately made breakfast for all of the exhausted rescue workers

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Recent Examples of considerately Move considerately, and let your actions speak for you today. — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026 The viral post comes as survey data suggests many travelers are generally open to seat-switch requests when they are made considerately. — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026 The new tool is meant to help shoppers and brands consume more considerately and specifically by cutting out the hassle and emissions of returns. — Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025

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Flood kindly took on all the engineering duties, which freed me up to be in the band room with Eno.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026
Anna Fischbein grew accustomed to visits to her home in Sunny Isles, Florida, from the same kindly Haitian health aide every week for the past 10 years.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026

Definition of kindly

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The firms that will thrive are the ones that treat their workforce as a portfolio of skills to be cultivated and thoughtfully deployed alongside AI.

— Ravin Jesuthasan, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
There's a balance between delicate satin, feminine lace and midweight cashmere, thoughtfully combined for interest.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of thoughtfully

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The timing shook out nicely, considering Berg would go on to be tapped to succeed Don Garber as MLS’ next commissioner and has subsequently been tasked with unloading his sizable ownership stake in LAFC.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Cyrus, 64, cleaned up nicely in a black John Varvatos suit, leaving his the collar of his white shirt unbuttoned.

— Hannah Malach, InStyle, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of nicely

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These situations usually arise because there has been a failure to sit down with a liability insurance broker periodically and fully examine possible liabilities and whether coverage amounts are reasonably high enough to cover likely claims.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
While the policy remained fraught, by the mid-1980s, a federal appeals court proclaimed schools here as desegregated as was reasonably possible.

— Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2026

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