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CAREFUL
careful
(adjective) exercising caution or showing care or attention; âthey were careful when crossing the busy streetâ; âbe careful to keep her shoes cleanâ; âdid very careful researchâ; âcareful art restorersâ; âcareful of the rights of othersâ; âcareful about oneâs behaviorâ
careful, deliberate, measured
(adjective) unhurried and with care and dignity; âwalking at the same measured paceâ; âwith all deliberate speedâ
careful, thrifty
(adjective) mindful of the future in spending money; âcareful with moneyâ
careful, heedful
(adjective) cautiously attentive; âcareful of her feelingsâ; âheedful of his fatherâs adviceâ
careful
(adjective) full of cares or anxiety; âThou art careful and troubled about many thingsâ-Luke 10.41
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
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.
Synonyms
• See also cautious
• See also meticulous
Antonyms
• careless
Anagrams
• 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
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