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heedfully

adverb

as in cautiously

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heedfully
  1. cautiously
  2. prudently
  3. carefully
  4. anxiously
Adverb
  • Californians are weighing a ballot measure that could reshape how local taxes pass, while two major insurers are cautiously reentering the state’s home insurance market.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • This usually begins with the wasp cautiously circling its target while slowly getting closer.
    — Sean Donnelly, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of cautiously
Adverb
  • Jiangxing Intelligence, a physical AI firm, has developed an AI ‘brain’ that monitors environmental conditions around renewable energy infrastructure to ensure electricity is collected and stored prudently.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Under a 2019 law brought by Newsom to protect utilities from bankruptcy, the companies automatically are deemed to have acted prudently if regulators sign off on their wildfire prevention plan.
    — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of prudently
Adverb
  • Your energy is a resource too, and spending it more carefully could improve more than your schedule.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The combination of technology was developed to deliver an exceptionally soft and comfortable ride, while the overall construction was carefully refined to create a premium experience from the moment runners step into the shoe.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of carefully
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  • Nelza Moktan anxiously sought information about her missing cousin, who also worked as a driver in Rasuwa.
    — Victoria Milko, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, he’s spent August anxiously watching the orange skies from his house in the northern Nevada hills through two consecutive and adjacent wild-land fires, the Bug and Hawk Fires.
    — Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of anxiously
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“Heedfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heedfully. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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