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carefully
Variant of careful
adjective
- acting or working in a thoughtful, painstaking way
- cautious, wary, or guarded: a careful reply
- accurately or thoroughly done or made; painstaking: a careful analysis
- Archaic feeling or causing sorrow, worry, etc.; anxious
Related Forms:
- carefully adverb
- carefulness noun
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