carefullyadverb
uk/ˈkeə.fəl.i/us/ˈker.fəl.i/A2 with great attention:
She carefully folded the letter and put it in her pocket.
Drive carefully on those icy roads.
More examples
- Follow the instructions on the back of the packet carefully.
- If you listen carefully to this piece of music, you can hear a flute in the background.
- The shop assistant wrapped the vase carefully in tissue paper.
- Think about it very carefully before deciding.
- She'd stitched the two pieces together really carefully so that you couldn't see the join.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cautious and vigilant
- askance
- attentive
- belt and braces idiom
- better safe than sorry idiom
- better the devil you know (than the devil you don't) idiom
- due diligence
- gingerly
- guarded
- intent
- jealous
- narrowly
- once
- once bitten, twice shy idiom
- precise
- prudent
- sedulous
- slowly
- vigilance
- vigilant
- wary
See more results »