carefuladj.

Brit.

/ˈkɛːf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈkɛrf(ə)l/

Forms: Old English carfull, cearful, Middle English karefull, carful, 1500s Scottish cairfull, Middle English– careful, Middle English–1600s carefull.

Etymology: Old English carful, cearful, < caru care + -ful suffix.

†1. Full of grief; mournful, sorrowful; also (of cries, etc.), expressing sorrow. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adjective]

sorelyc888

gramec893

sorrowfuleOE

unblithec897

sorryeOE

carefulOE

charyOE

sickOE

yomerOE

sorry-moodOE

sweerc1000

yomerlyOE

sorrilyOE

woea1200

balec1220

sorry?c1225

sorec1275

gremefula1300

sada1300

ruthlyc1300

thoughtfulc1300

woebegonea1325

heavyc1330

grievousc1374

woefula1375

sorrowya1382

dereful?a1400

sorousa1400

sytefula1400

teenfula1400

wrotha1400

balefulc1400

tristy?c1400

tristc1420

dolefulc1430

wapped in woec1440

yhevidc1440

dolenta1450

condolentc1460

discomforted1477

tristfula1492

sorrow1496

dram?a1513

dolorous1513

earnful?1527

troublous1535

amort1546

mournfula1558

passioned1560

sadded1566

tristive1578

distressed1586

passionate1586

sorrowed1596

distressful1601

passionful1605

sighful1606

contristed1625

anguishinga1642

sadful1658

saddened1665

tristitious1694

sick as a parrot1705

pangful1727

woesome1778

grieving1807

ruesome1833

yearned1838

doleant1861

mournsome1869

thoughted1869

tragical1887

grief-stricken1905

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective]

carefulOE

charyOE

mourningOE

sorrowingOE

sorryOE

balec1220

heavy?c1225

ruefulc1225

ruthfulc1225

sorrowful?c1225

dolefulc1275

plaintivea1393

complainingc1430

lamentable?a1475

plaining?c1475

dolent1490

lamentatious1532

troublous1535

plaintfula1542

dirge-like1561

yearnfula1566

waymenting1573

mestive1575

lamentatory1576

mestful1577

wailful1579

lamentinga1586

weepy1602

deplorative1610

deploringa1616

gement1656

condolent1691

dirgeful1793

dirgy1830

lamentful1876

OE Soul & Body I 15 Cleopað þonne swa cearful cealdan reorde, spreceð grimlice se gast to þam duste.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8364 Duden of claðes kare-fulle cnihtes.

c1394 P. Pl. Crede 441 Þey crieden alle o cry a carefull note.

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur (1816) I. 161 A careful widow wringing her hands and making great sorrow.

?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 52 My clokis thai ar caerfull in colour of sabill.

1592 S. Daniel Complaint Rosamond Her Tears upon her Cheeks (poor careful Girl!).

1599 E. Ford Parismenos v. sig. E2^v To..ease her carefull heart.

2. Full of care, trouble, anxiety, or concern; anxious, troubled, solicitous, concerned. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [adjective]

busyOE

howful970

carefulOE

angerful?c1225

yemelichc1275

thoughtfulc1300

anguishousc1325

curiousc1400

carkfulc1449

solicitate?a1475

solicit?1526

fearful1535

anxious1548

carking1567

solicitous1570

solicitudinousa1682

thoughted1869

uptight1934

OE Guthlac A 577 Cwædon cearfulle, Criste laðe, to Guðlace mid grimnysse.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 23116 Þaa care-ful eth sal be to kene.

c1400 Rowland & Ot. 1066 He crakkede full many a carefull croun.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Tobit v. 12 That I make the not carefull, I am Azarias.

1582 Bible (Rheims) Matt. vi. 34 Be not careful therefore for the morrovv.

1606 J. Marston Parasitaster iii, in Wks. (1856) 63 Necessarie as sleepe To carefull man.

1714 R. Steele Arriv. Ulysses The King arose, and beat his careful Breast.

1814 Ld. Byron Lara i. xx, 393 It is a sight the careful brow might smoothe.

3. Full of care or concern for, attentive to the interests of, taking good care of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective]

busyOE

carefula1000

orne?c1225

intentivec1290

soignous1340

curiousc1386

diligentc1400

well-advisedc1405

thoughtfulc1450

thoughtyc1480

keepful1489

tentfula1525

respective1525

solicit?1526

heedful1548

heedy1548

tentyc1555

chare1564

respectful1585

tentible1603

solicitous1610

observant1627

care-taking1825

leery1911

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective]

carefula1000

shepherdly1546

chary1579

regardant1581

protectingc1595

protective1653

caring1966

a1000 Lambeth Psalter xxxix. 18 Drihten carful oððe ymhydig is mines.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Macc. xv. 19 They that were in the cite, were most carefull for those which were to fight.

1553 J. Bale Vocacyon in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 357 A woman..which was to me a carefull creature.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 78 My wife, more carefull for the latter borne.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Richard III (1623) ii. ii. 88 + 8 Bethinke you like a carefull Mother Of the young Prince your sonne.

1744 A. Pope Epist. to Several Persons iii. 41 Then careful Heav'n supply'd two sorts of Men.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc viii. 47 She..stretch'd forth her careful hands To ease the burthen.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. vi. 73 Be careful of the horses, Sam..don't ride them too fast.

a. Applying care, solicitous attention, or pains to what one has to do; heedful, painstaking, attentive to one's work; circumspect, watchful, cautious.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > [adjective]

carefulc1050

soignous1340

mindfula1382

tentivec1386

presentc1395

attendant1432

tendable?c1450

advicefulc1454

thoughtyc1480

neara1500

respective1525

heedful1548

heedy1548

prick-eared?1550

attendable1552

attentive1577

tentible1603

observative1609

unpreoccupied1643

advertent1646

presential1652

inspectivea1684

tent1789

attentful-

c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 172 Curiosus, carful.

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxii. 129 That they should be the earnester and carefuller in teaching their children.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. iii. 21 Goe get you gone, and pray be carefull all, And leaue you not a man of warre vnsearcht.

1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie i. vii. 29 The carefullest Ambassador may perhaps swerve from his message.

1845 Graves in Encycl. Metrop. (1847) II. 752/1 Dionysius of Halicarnassus, a careful and learned antiquary.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §22. 155 I felt just sufficient fear to render me careful.

1878 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 192 None the less careful, minute, patient, systematic, in examining a policy.

b. Const. to do a thing, that a thing be done, or with relative clause.

ΚΠ

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 59 The mayster would bee more carefull what he did teach.

1622 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (1661) 40 Careful to maintain the ancient usage.

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iii. 44 Be very careful that the Spindle stand exactly perpendicular.

1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xlviii. 181 He was careful not to assume any of those powers.

1820 Hoyle's Games Improved 431 Be careful that they are neither thrown about nor changed.

1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xx. 290 Both males and females are careful to ornament their persons with paint.

†5. Applying care to avoid; on one's guard against, cautious, wary. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [adjective]

warelyOE

warec1000

adviseda1325

averty1330

aware1340

ferdfula1382

well-advisedc1405

circumspect1430

hooly1513

fearful1526

curiousa1533

chary1542

wareful1548

cautelous1574

cauty1579

careful1580

wary1580

retentive1599

wary1599

ginger1600

circumstant1603

cautel1606

shya1616

cautionate1616

warisome1628

cautiousa1640

circumspectious1649

circumspectivea1674

gingerish1764

safe1874

pussy-footed1893

pussyfooting1926

risk-averse1961

risk-adverse1969

1580 J. Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 446 Not disdainefull to conferre, but careful to offende.

1666 W. Spurstowe Spiritual Chymist (1668) 217 Be more careful of doing anything to lose your Peace.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 118. ⁋2 Orestilla is..particularly careful of new Acquaintance.

1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. 91 Ever careful of acting so indiscreetly.

†6. Causing trouble or fear, dreadful. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > [adjective]

doubtousa1300

frightya1325

adoubtedc1330

carefulc1340

fearful1340

redoubted1385

doubtful1397

ydouted1399

redoubt1417

redoubtable1421

doubtablec1430

ferdly1440

doubtedc1485

formidable1508

flaited1565

aghasting1593

feared1599

flesh-amazing1679

frightsomea1689

effroyable1689

frightening1715

fearsome1768

fleysome1790

intimidatinga1812

fearable1886

scarifying1916

badass1955

bad-assed1962

superbad1970

c1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 158 Careful cocodrillus..þe king lette.

1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 191 So carefull was the crak.

1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 5747 in Wks. (1931) I Herode..With mony vther cairfull Kyng.

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Dec. 133 The carefull cold hath nypt my rugged rynde.

a. Of things: Fraught or attended with sorrow, trouble, or anxiety. Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > [adjective]

eileOE

soreOE

balefulc1200

carefulc1200

aching?c1225

pinefulc1225

sughendc1230

pininga1250

stinginga1250

toughc1275

deringa1325

unsetec1325

unwinc1330

throlya1375

encumbrousc1384

grievable1390

painful1395

plaintfula1400

sweamlya1400

swemandc1400

temptingc1400

importunea1425

sweamfulc1430

penible?a1439

discomfortingc1450

grievingc1450

remordingc1450

sorousc1503

badc1530

paining1532

raw1548

nippingc1550

smartful1556

pinching1563

grievesome1568

griping1568

afflictive1576

pressing1591

boisterous1599

heartstruck1608

carkingc1620

gravaminous1659

vellicating1669

weary1785

traumatizing1970

gut-wrenching1972

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [adjective] > causing or fraught with anxiety

carefulc1200

anxious?1555

anxiogenic1956

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 171 On þe careful dai þan he cumeð al middeneard to demen.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3632 Ar þat he deied in car-ful bedd.

1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) ii. xliv. 50 Alas! the careful bhvtyme that euer we were conceyued.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. iii. sig. Ddd.viij^v/2 He casteth him..into a carefull and miserable exile.

1634 J. Ford Chron. Hist. Perkin Warbeck iii. sig. F3 Pathes which leade..to a carefull throne.

1814 R. Southey Roderick xv He upon his careful couch.

b. Showing care, done or performed with care.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > characterized by or executed with care

solicitate?a1475

solicit1513

respective1560

solicitous1563

accurate1581

careful1651

solicitudinous1829

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxii. 198 By wise..interpretation, and carefull ratiocination.

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 82 After a careful survey of this place.

1847 Bewick's Hist. Brit. Birds (new ed.) I. 59 A careful examination of the specimen.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 617 Careful watch was kept all night.

1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow I. 32 His drawing was careful.

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单词	careful
释义	carefuladj. Brit. /ˈkɛːf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈkɛrf(ə)l/ Forms: Old English carfull, cearful, Middle English karefull, carful, 1500s Scottish cairfull, Middle English– careful, Middle English–1600s carefull. Etymology: Old English carful, cearful, < caru care + -ful suffix. †1. Full of grief; mournful, sorrowful; also (of cries, etc.), expressing sorrow. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adjective] sorelyc888 gramec893 sorrowfuleOE unblithec897 sorryeOE carefulOE charyOE sickOE yomerOE sorry-moodOE sweerc1000 yomerlyOE sorrilyOE woea1200 balec1220 sorry?c1225 sorec1275 sorec1275 gremefula1300 sada1300 ruthlyc1300 thoughtfulc1300 woebegonea1325 heavyc1330 grievousc1374 woefula1375 sorrowya1382 dereful?a1400 sorousa1400 sytefula1400 teenfula1400 wrotha1400 balefulc1400 tristy?c1400 tristc1420 dolefulc1430 wapped in woec1440 yhevidc1440 dolenta1450 condolentc1460 discomforted1477 tristfula1492 sorrow1496 dram?a1513 dolorous1513 earnful?1527 troublous1535 amort1546 mournfula1558 passioned1560 sadded1566 tristive1578 distressed1586 passionate1586 sorrowed1596 distressful1601 passionful1605 sighful1606 contristed1625 anguishinga1642 sadful1658 saddened1665 tristitious1694 sick as a parrot1705 pangful1727 woesome1778 grieving1807 ruesome1833 yearned1838 doleant1861 mournsome1869 thoughted1869 tragical1887 grief-stricken1905 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective] carefulOE charyOE mourningOE sorrowingOE sorryOE balec1220 heavy?c1225 ruefulc1225 ruthfulc1225 sorrowful?c1225 dolefulc1275 plaintivea1393 complainingc1430 lamentable?a1475 plaining?c1475 dolent1490 lamentatious1532 troublous1535 plaintfula1542 dirge-like1561 yearnfula1566 waymenting1573 mestive1575 lamentatory1576 mestful1577 wailful1579 lamentinga1586 weepy1602 deplorative1610 deploringa1616 gement1656 condolent1691 dirgeful1793 dirgy1830 lamentful1876 OE Soul & Body I 15 Cleopað þonne swa cearful cealdan reorde, spreceð grimlice se gast to þam duste. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8364 Duden of claðes kare-fulle cnihtes. c1394 P. Pl. Crede 441 Þey crieden alle o cry a carefull note. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur (1816) I. 161 A careful widow wringing her hands and making great sorrow. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 52 My clokis thai ar caerfull in colour of sabill. 1592 S. Daniel Complaint Rosamond Her Tears upon her Cheeks (poor careful Girl!). 1599 E. Ford Parismenos v. sig. E2^v To..ease her carefull heart. 2. Full of care, trouble, anxiety, or concern; anxious, troubled, solicitous, concerned. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [adjective] busyOE howful970 carefulOE angerful?c1225 yemelichc1275 thoughtfulc1300 anguishousc1325 curiousc1400 carkfulc1449 solicitate?a1475 solicit?1526 fearful1535 anxious1548 carking1567 solicitous1570 solicitudinousa1682 thoughted1869 uptight1934 OE Guthlac A 577 Cwædon cearfulle, Criste laðe, to Guðlace mid grimnysse. a1300 Cursor Mundi 23116 Þaa care-ful eth sal be to kene. c1400 Rowland & Ot. 1066 He crakkede full many a carefull croun. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Tobit v. 12 That I make the not carefull, I am Azarias. 1582 Bible (Rheims) Matt. vi. 34 Be not careful therefore for the morrovv. 1606 J. Marston Parasitaster iii, in Wks. (1856) 63 Necessarie as sleepe To carefull man. 1714 R. Steele Arriv. Ulysses The King arose, and beat his careful Breast. 1814 Ld. Byron Lara i. xx, 393 It is a sight the careful brow might smoothe. 3. Full of care or concern for, attentive to the interests of, taking good care of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] busyOE carefula1000 orne?c1225 intentivec1290 soignous1340 curiousc1386 diligentc1400 well-advisedc1405 thoughtfulc1450 thoughtyc1480 keepful1489 tentfula1525 respective1525 solicit?1526 heedful1548 heedy1548 tentyc1555 chare1564 respectful1585 tentible1603 solicitous1610 observant1627 care-taking1825 leery1911 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] carefula1000 shepherdly1546 chary1579 regardant1581 protectingc1595 protective1653 caring1966 a1000 Lambeth Psalter xxxix. 18 Drihten carful oððe ymhydig is mines. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Macc. xv. 19 They that were in the cite, were most carefull for those which were to fight. 1553 J. Bale Vocacyon in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 357 A woman..which was to me a carefull creature. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 78 My wife, more carefull for the latter borne. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Richard III (1623) ii. ii. 88 + 8 Bethinke you like a carefull Mother Of the young Prince your sonne. 1744 A. Pope Epist. to Several Persons iii. 41 Then careful Heav'n supply'd two sorts of Men. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc viii. 47 She..stretch'd forth her careful hands To ease the burthen. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. vi. 73 Be careful of the horses, Sam..don't ride them too fast. 4. a. Applying care, solicitous attention, or pains to what one has to do; heedful, painstaking, attentive to one's work; circumspect, watchful, cautious. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > [adjective] carefulc1050 soignous1340 mindfula1382 tentivec1386 presentc1395 attendant1432 tendable?c1450 advicefulc1454 thoughtyc1480 neara1500 respective1525 heedful1548 heedy1548 prick-eared?1550 attendable1552 attentive1577 tentible1603 observative1609 unpreoccupied1643 advertent1646 presential1652 inspectivea1684 tent1789 attentful- c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 172 Curiosus, carful. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxii. 129 That they should be the earnester and carefuller in teaching their children. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. iii. 21 Goe get you gone, and pray be carefull all, And leaue you not a man of warre vnsearcht. 1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie i. vii. 29 The carefullest Ambassador may perhaps swerve from his message. 1845 Graves in Encycl. Metrop. (1847) II. 752/1 Dionysius of Halicarnassus, a careful and learned antiquary. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §22. 155 I felt just sufficient fear to render me careful. 1878 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 192 None the less careful, minute, patient, systematic, in examining a policy. b. Const. to do a thing, that a thing be done, or with relative clause. ΚΠ 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 59 The mayster would bee more carefull what he did teach. 1622 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (1661) 40 Careful to maintain the ancient usage. 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iii. 44 Be very careful that the Spindle stand exactly perpendicular. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xlviii. 181 He was careful not to assume any of those powers. 1820 Hoyle's Games Improved 431 Be careful that they are neither thrown about nor changed. 1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xx. 290 Both males and females are careful to ornament their persons with paint. †5. Applying care to avoid; on one's guard against, cautious, wary. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [adjective] warelyOE warec1000 adviseda1325 averty1330 aware1340 ferdfula1382 well-advisedc1405 circumspect1430 hooly1513 fearful1526 curiousa1533 chary1542 wareful1548 cautelous1574 cauty1579 careful1580 wary1580 retentive1599 wary1599 ginger1600 circumstant1603 cautel1606 shya1616 cautionate1616 warisome1628 cautiousa1640 circumspectious1649 circumspectivea1674 gingerish1764 safe1874 pussy-footed1893 pussyfooting1926 risk-averse1961 risk-adverse1969 1580 J. Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 446 Not disdainefull to conferre, but careful to offende. 1666 W. Spurstowe Spiritual Chymist (1668) 217 Be more careful of doing anything to lose your Peace. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 118. ⁋2 Orestilla is..particularly careful of new Acquaintance. 1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. 91 Ever careful of acting so indiscreetly. †6. Causing trouble or fear, dreadful. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > [adjective] doubtousa1300 frightya1325 adoubtedc1330 carefulc1340 fearful1340 redoubted1385 doubtful1397 ydouted1399 redoubt1417 redoubtable1421 doubtablec1430 ferdly1440 doubtedc1485 formidable1508 flaited1565 aghasting1593 feared1599 flesh-amazing1679 frightsomea1689 effroyable1689 frightening1715 fearsome1768 fleysome1790 intimidatinga1812 fearable1886 scarifying1916 badass1955 bad-assed1962 superbad1970 c1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 158 Careful cocodrillus..þe king lette. 1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 191 So carefull was the crak. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 5747 in Wks. (1931) I Herode..With mony vther cairfull Kyng. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Dec. 133 The carefull cold hath nypt my rugged rynde. 7. a. Of things: Fraught or attended with sorrow, trouble, or anxiety. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > [adjective] eileOE soreOE balefulc1200 carefulc1200 aching?c1225 pinefulc1225 sughendc1230 pininga1250 stinginga1250 toughc1275 deringa1325 unsetec1325 unwinc1330 throlya1375 encumbrousc1384 grievable1390 painful1395 plaintfula1400 sweamlya1400 swemandc1400 temptingc1400 importunea1425 sweamfulc1430 penible?a1439 discomfortingc1450 grievingc1450 remordingc1450 sorousc1503 badc1530 paining1532 raw1548 nippingc1550 smartful1556 pinching1563 grievesome1568 griping1568 afflictive1576 pressing1591 boisterous1599 heartstruck1608 carkingc1620 gravaminous1659 vellicating1669 weary1785 traumatizing1970 gut-wrenching1972 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [adjective] > causing or fraught with anxiety carefulc1200 anxious?1555 anxiogenic1956 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 171 On þe careful dai þan he cumeð al middeneard to demen. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3632 Ar þat he deied in car-ful bedd. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) ii. xliv. 50 Alas! the careful bhvtyme that euer we were conceyued. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. iii. sig. Ddd.viij^v/2 He casteth him..into a carefull and miserable exile. 1634 J. Ford Chron. Hist. Perkin Warbeck iii. sig. F3 Pathes which leade..to a carefull throne. 1814 R. Southey Roderick xv He upon his careful couch. b. Showing care, done or performed with care. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > characterized by or executed with care solicitate?a1475 solicit1513 respective1560 solicitous1563 accurate1581 careful1651 solicitudinous1829 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxii. 198 By wise..interpretation, and carefull ratiocination. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 82 After a careful survey of this place. 1847 Bewick's Hist. Brit. Birds (new ed.) I. 59 A careful examination of the specimen. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 617 Careful watch was kept all night. 1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow I. 32 His drawing was careful. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.OE
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