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Antonyms for carefully


Grammar : Adv
Spell : kair-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɛər fəl



Definition of carefully

Origin :
  • Old English carful-lice; see careful + -ly (2).
  • adv cautiously; painstakingly
Example sentences :
  • She was conveyed to the palace in a cedar carriage, carefully screened from observation.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • It was very improbable, but Robert thought enough of it to look about him carefully.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • How carefully I packed my pipe, gazing serenely over the roofs of Paris.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • Therefore, these are matters that should be carefully considered.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Beat the whites stiff and fold them carefully into the sauce.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Behind Sidney's carefully practical tone the man read appeal.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • If salt, sugar, and spices are to be used, measure them carefully.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Then suddenly all his carefully conserved indifference fled.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Under the eyes of the other nurses, she was carefully contained.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • At this he looked with sombre intelligence and set it carefully aside.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

Synonyms for carefully

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