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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In Desai’s case, that meant attempting to stay in the black — a course of action that is not always looked upon kindly.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
Radcliffe also kindly declined to offer 12-year-old McLaughlin any pointers about playing Harry.

— Selome Hailu, Variety, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of kindly

Adverb

Data centers should be approached carefully and thoughtfully.

— Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 11 Nov. 2026
Malkmus teases guitarist Greg Ginn for liking the Grateful Dead now and notes how sweet drummer Bill Stevenson seems for answering a reporter’s silly question so thoughtfully.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of thoughtfully

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Towing capacity came in at 7,700 pounds when properly equipped giving consumers the ability to tow campers and work trailers nicely.

— Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
The Sentinel’s progenitor — the Orange County Reporter — leaned hard into the region’s identity, tied inexorably to citrus (which lent itself nicely to the paper’s celebratory beer release with Ten10 Brewing earlier this year).

— Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of nicely

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Philanthropy is an essential part of our community’s strength, but it cannot reasonably be expected to replace the public investment needed to sustain essential services.

— Julie Price, Sun Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
That has already been true, just because any reasonably sized organization generates terabytes of logs, if not petabytes of logs.

— Nilay Patel, The Verge, 7 Nov. 2026

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