carefully
taking care or paying attention
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,118 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 16,460 times across 173,849 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
adverb
- taking care or paying attention they watched carefully
- as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact also: cautiously she ventured cautiously downstairsthey handled the incident with kid gloves
carefully in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I have carefully avoided exaggeration in everything of importance.
Snowflakes and Sunbeams · R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne · Chapter 1
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Then Vrouw Van der Kloot counted them with Kat, very carefully.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1
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Then, opening the window, he examined carefully the courtyard of the adjoining house.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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With these words the guardian ended the interview and, saying good-bye, carefully descended the steep staircase.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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The star is a horse that pranced about the stage in the most natural manner possible, carefully avoiding the orchestra.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1