careful
(adjective) exercising caution or showing care or attention; “they were careful when crossing the busy street”; “be careful to keep her shoes clean”; “did very careful research”; “careful art restorers”; “careful of the rights of others”; “careful about one’s behavior”
careful, deliberate, measured
(adjective) unhurried and with care and dignity; “walking at the same measured pace”; “with all deliberate speed”
careful, thrifty
(adjective) mindful of the future in spending money; “careful with money”
careful, heedful
(adjective) cautiously attentive; “careful of her feelings”; “heedful of his father’s advice”
careful
(adjective) full of cares or anxiety; “Thou art careful and troubled about many things”-Luke 10.41
Source: WordNet® 3.1
careful (comparative more careful, superlative most careful)
Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.
Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous.
(obsolete) Full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad.
(obsolete) Full of cares or anxiety; worried, troubled.
• See also cautious
• See also meticulous
• careless
• acreful
Source: Wiktionary
Care"ful, a. Etym: [AS. cearful.]
1. Full of care; anxious; solicitous [Archaic] Be careful [Rev. Ver. "anxious"] for nothing. Phil. iv. 6. The careful plowman doubting stands. Milton.
2. Filling with care or colicitube; exposing to concern, anxiety, or trouble; painful. The careful cold beinneth for to creep. Spenser. By Him that raised me to this careful height. Shak.
3. Taking care; gicing good heed; watchful; cautious; provident; not indifferent heedless, or reckless; -- often follower byof, for, or the infinitive; as, careful of money; careful to do right. Thou hast been careful for us with all this care. 2. Kings iv, 13. What could a careful father more have done Dryden.
Syn.
– Anxious; solicitous; provident; thoughtful; cautious; circumspect; heedful; watchful; vigilant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
