careful
Adjective
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Exercising caution or showing care or attention (synset 300309819)
"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"also:tells us about: carefulness - the quality of being careful and painstakingsimilar to:
- blow-by-blow - providing great detail
- certain, sure - exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance
- close - rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous - characterized by extreme care and great effort
- detailed, elaborate, elaborated - developed or executed with care and in minute detail
- minute, narrow - characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
- overcareful, too-careful - excessively or unduly careful
- particular - providing specific details or circumstances
- protective - (usually followed by `of') solicitously caring or mindful
- studious - marked by care and effort
- thorough - painstakingly careful and accurate
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Cautiously attentive (synset 301984552)
"careful of her feelings"; "heedful of his father's advice"same as: heedful
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Unhurried and with care and dignity (synset 301275071)
"walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed"similar to: unhurried - relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or hastesame as: deliberate, measured
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Full of cares or anxiety (synset 302465750)
"Thou art careful and troubled about many things"domain usage: archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expressionsimilar to: troubled - characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
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Mindful of the future in spending money (synset 301901166)
"careful with money"similar to: provident - providing carefully for the futuresame as: thrifty
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