CAREFULLY Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

carefully

adverb

Definition of carefully

as in conscientiously

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Recent Examples of carefully People with eating disorders may exhibit compulsive behaviors around both exercise and eating, including working out for multiple hours every day and carefully calculating every aspect of their diet. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Some of these spaces were inhabited by horses or llamas, but many were just sown with Kentucky blue grass that was carefully cut every weekend. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026 Kim, the Korean minister, said the country would carefully review whether to proceed with the Alaska LNG project. — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026 Truly everything has been thought of and carefully considered. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026 That spending is routed carefully, and Gopalkrishnan said the bank is model-agnostic. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 By the time competitors flood the market, our clients already know what works and have built trust with shoppers who are carefully considering every dollar. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Understanding the property’s likely market value, comparing net proceeds and carefully reviewing the terms of each offer can help homeowners choose the option that best fits their situation. — Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 Every print, fabric, embroidery, and silhouette was carefully considered to create pieces that feel both beautiful and effortless. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for carefully

Adverb

One way in which Wounaan do so is conscientiously sharing and redistributing food, money, wisdom and the like to foster equity.

— Chenier Carpio Opua, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026
By thinking locally, building conscientiously, and operationalizing sustainability in our deployment choices, AI users, companies, and developers can also help ensure that the infrastructure powering our future doesn’t cost us the earth.

— Sasha Luccioni, Time, 3 July 2026

Definition of conscientiously

Adverb

This analogy is strangely anticlimactic and almost consoling, but a pedestrian ending comes with the territory in a scrupulously realistic book about the inconceivable.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
The cleats, now scrupulously modeled in 3D simulations, originated as sharp metal nails, the kind sold at a local hardware store.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 2 July 2026

Definition of scrupulously

Adverb

The paper, led by a researcher named Evan Hubinger, described an experiment in which Anthropic’s team had deliberately trained AI models to behave deceptively.

— Kevin Roose, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 2026
Some are very hands on, others deliberately removed from almost all day-to-day decisions.

— Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of deliberately

Adverb

Much of the Red Barn’s irreplaceable art and ephemera, meticulously and lovingly curated over the years, was lost — but the music series, powered by the fireproof resiliency of those who oversee the collective, barely skipped a beat.

— Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
And his film, at once proudly unlikable and meticulously realized, is both a daring display of craft and a rude sign of life—which is to say, the opposite of depressing.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of meticulously

Adverb

Everyone must be ready for anything, and as 100 becomes 50, the kitchen slowly empties and the competition intensifies until one cook eventually walks away victorious.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
That was written for a world where the consequences of misplaced trust arrived slowly enough to correct.

— Bob Ackerman, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of slowly

Adverb

But rather than focusing strictly on the men of the Trask and Hamilton families, this adaptation shifts the spotlight to Cathy Ames (played by Florence Pugh, also an executive producer).

— Max Gao, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
Kenya's National Transport and Safety Authority called upon all motorists to exercise extreme caution, avoid dangerous overtaking and strictly observe lane discipline.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

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