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CAREFUL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exercising caution or showing care or attention
Example:
careful about one's behavior
Classified under:
Similar:
blow-by-blow (providing great detail)
certain; sure (exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance)
close (rigorously attentive; strict and thorough)
conscientious; painstaking; scrupulous (characterized by extreme care and great effort)
detailed; elaborate; elaborated (developed or executed with care and in minute detail)
minute; narrow (characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination)
overcareful; too-careful (excessively or unduly careful)
particular (providing specific details or circumstances)
protective ((usually followed by 'of') solicitously caring or mindful)
studious (marked by care and effort)
thorough (painstakingly careful and accurate)
Also:
prudent (careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment)
cautious (showing careful forethought)
diligent (characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks)
Attribute:
carefulness (the quality of being careful and painstaking)
Antonym:
careless (marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful)
Derivation:
carefulness (the quality of being careful and painstaking)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Unhurried and with care and dignity
Example:
with all deliberate speed
Synonyms:
careful; deliberate; measured
Classified under:
Similar:
unhurried (relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste)
Derivation:
carefulness (the quality of being careful and painstaking)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Mindful of the future in spending money
Example:
careful with money
Synonyms:
careful; thrifty
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
provident (providing carefully for the future)
Derivation:
carefulness (the quality of being careful and painstaking)
carefulness (the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Cautiously attentive
Example:
heedful of his father's advice
Synonyms:
careful; heedful
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
aware; mindful (bearing in mind; attentive to)
Derivation:
carefulness (the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Full of cares or anxiety
Example:
Thou art careful and troubled about many things
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
troubled (characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need)
Domain usage:
archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)
Derivation:
carefulness (the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger)
Context examples:
Dr. George noted that physicians need to be careful when interpreting these lab tests since both rheumatoid arthritis and obesity can contribute to levels of inflammation.
(Obesity May Influence Rheumatoid Arthritis Blood Tests, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Then stretching himself upon his face and leaning his chin upon his hands, he made a careful study of the trampled mud in front of him.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Uranus keeps us on our toes—be careful of all you say, lest you trigger a meltdown in your partner unexpectedly.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Well, he would be careful here.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The girl had been so careful as to put the quilt of her baby’s bed into it, for me to lie down on.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
This kind of anxiety is useful - it can make you more alert or careful.
(Anxiety, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)
The various bedrooms and sitting-rooms had yielded nothing to a careful search.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The misfortune of your birth ought to make you particularly careful as to your associates.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
I must be careful of you, my treasure: nerves like yours were not made for rough handling.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
International travelers should be careful about drinking tap water.
(Hepatitis A, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
