CAREFULLY Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

carefully

adverb

Definition of carefully

as in conscientiously

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Recent Examples of carefully After hearing parents’ concerns this week, the Board of Education on Thursday put out a statement calling for the local zoning board to carefully review any formal proposal. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 13 Nov. 2026 Grumpy’s knack for musical storytelling makes Unfindable Ring feel immersive, its songs chock-full of evocative wordplay and carefully produced so that every standout line is coupled with an accompanying sonic flourish. — Cameron Cook, Pitchfork, 13 Nov. 2026 In addition to treading carefully not to upset MAHA voters, Motta said, the lawmakers will also have to answer to a left-leaning base that wants more accountability from Kennedy on vaccines as measles outbreaks surge around the country. — Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2026 Trump must also carefully manage the optics of a trilateral summit. — Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2026 Dietary preferences can be communicated and carefully followed throughout your stay. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026 Opting to wear her natural beauty also drew attention back to Rosalía’s halo hair, which her team was seen carefully touching up with a toothbrush on the red carpet, documented by videos on social media. — Arushi Jacob, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2026 Researchers will first take hundreds of photographs to create a detailed 3D model of the burial site before carefully removing the remains and artifacts by hand. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026 In addition, a new analysis by National Museums Scotland shows the bronze limb was carefully detached from its parent statue, suggesting that the monument was deliberately dismantled rather than destroyed. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 12 Nov. 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

Adverb

Democrats are talking more cautiously now, and the party is rooting them on from DC.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Democrats had been cautiously optimistic heading into the evening, with good polling and the American tradition of midterm backlash against a sitting president behind them.

— Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 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

Adverb

The researchers say the cracks can be deliberately incorporated into the coating rather than treated as unwanted defects.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
Paladin is running a more altruistic mercenary business (the details are deliberately vague), with Lisa and Edith as assistants.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of deliberately

Adverb

Ikoyi landed at number 48 this year, owing to its contemporary global menu that is inspired by both British microseasonality and meticulously sourced global spices.

— Nathan Tavares, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
Today, 80 years on, survivors who witnessed the atrocities that Marie-Claude so meticulously put before the court — and the watching world — are sadly dwindling in number.

— Natalie Livingstone, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of meticulously

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Opponents falsely claimed the bill targeted agriculture broadly, although it was tailored strictly to dog-breeding operations.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2026
Shrubs are trimmed to accentuate their natural shape, while hedges are often shaped a little more strictly to maintain a uniform look.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2026

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