carefully

Everyday

1. Carefully means with care, slowly and paying attention so you do not make mistakes. tree →
2. Carefully means gently, so you do not break or hurt something. tree →

In the lessons

a word of the story only; in school, instructions say «read carefully», «check carefully»; in safety, «cross carefully», «handle carefully»

Examples

• Read the problem carefully. tree →
• She carefully counted 48 coins. tree →
• He carefully packed 12 glasses. tree →
• Measure carefully to the nearest cm. tree →
• Cross the road carefully. tree →
• Hold the baby bird carefully. tree →
• Listen carefully to the instructions. tree →
• He carefully poured the water into the cup. tree →
• Check your answers carefully. tree →
• She carefully cut along the dotted line. tree →
• They walked carefully through the china country. tree →

Note

Carries no clue about the operation. Spelled with double l: «carefully» (careful + ly). The opposite is «carelessly».

In Jewish tradition

a word of the story only; in school, instructions say «read carefully», «check carefully»; in safety, «cross carefully», «handle carefully»

Examples

• This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

Note

Carries no clue about the operation. Spelled with double l: «carefully» (careful + ly). The opposite is «carelessly».