CAREFULLY Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

carefully

adverb

Definition of carefully

as in conscientiously

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Recent Examples of carefully People with eating disorders may exhibit compulsive behaviors around both exercise and eating, including working out for multiple hours every day and carefully calculating every aspect of their diet. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Some of these spaces were inhabited by horses or llamas, but many were just sown with Kentucky blue grass that was carefully cut every weekend. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026 Kim, the Korean minister, said the country would carefully review whether to proceed with the Alaska LNG project. — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026 Truly everything has been thought of and carefully considered. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026 That spending is routed carefully, and Gopalkrishnan said the bank is model-agnostic. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 By the time competitors flood the market, our clients already know what works and have built trust with shoppers who are carefully considering every dollar. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Understanding the property’s likely market value, comparing net proceeds and carefully reviewing the terms of each offer can help homeowners choose the option that best fits their situation. — Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 Every print, fabric, embroidery, and silhouette was carefully considered to create pieces that feel both beautiful and effortless. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for carefully

Adverb

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

The film cuts between Murray cautiously opening the suspicious package and FBI agents apprehending Kaczynski decades later.

— Jane LaCroix, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
But Logan wanted to proceed cautiously, not putting his neck on the line with intel that might not even be correct.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of cautiously

Adverb

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

Freedom argued Wilson should have been ejected under Rule 12A, Section V of the WNBA rulebook, which says any player, coach, trainer or other team bench member who deliberately enters the spectator stands during a game will be automatically ejected.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Prosecutors sought to prove Clancy deliberately killed the children and knew the difference between right and wrong at the time.

— Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of deliberately

Adverb

Costume designer Amy Roth watched hours and hours of footage of a young Stallone to nail the feel of his wardrobe, while production designer Anthony Gasparro meticulously recreated the sets from the 1976 movie.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026
The hotel first opened in 1915, but has since been meticulously restored and provides a charming home base for exploring nearby shops, restaurants, and galleries.

— Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of meticulously

Adverb

Organizations should periodically ask whether their indicators still reflect their mission or whether reporting requirements have slowly begun shaping program choices.

— Ekramy El Zaghat, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
The director likens his own role on the trip to that of Bill, who is slowly driven to madness by worrying about a particular child, the class punching bag Kenneth (Olof Olingdahl).

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of slowly

Adverb

In an effort to entice more customers, the operator of the bar announced via Instagram that Saturday nights would be mask-optional—until then the bar had been strictly adhering to COVID-concious masking policies seven nights a week.

— Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026
Shifting away from the rapid notification approach and relying strictly on mortality statistics generated by NCHS will not provide the surveillance information needed at the beginning of an active outbreak when counts are low.

— Denys T. Lau, STAT, 25 Sep. 2026

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