careful
/'keəful/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Exercising caution or showing attention: Being "careful" means acting with thought and consideration to avoid mistakes, harm, or damage. It involves paying close attention to details.
- Thorough and painstaking: It describes work or actions done with great diligence, precision, and thoroughness.
- Mindful or protective: It indicates being concerned about or protective of something or someone.
Usage Examples
- Exercising caution:
- Be careful when you cross the street.
- She is careful with her words to avoid offending anyone.
- Thorough and painstaking:
- He did a careful analysis of the data.
- The artist was careful in every brushstroke.
- Mindful or protective:
- You should be more careful of your health.
- He is careful about his reputation.
Advanced Usage
- "Careful of": Being mindful or protective regarding a specific thing.
- Be careful of the icy patches on the sidewalk.
- "Careful with": Exercising caution in handling or using something.
- Please be careful with that antique vase; it's very fragile.
- "Careful to": Making a deliberate effort to do something.
- She was careful to lock the door before leaving.
Variants and Related Words
- Carefully (adverb): In a careful manner.
- He drove carefully on the wet roads.
- Carefulness (noun): The quality of being careful.
- Her carefulness prevented a major accident.
- Careless (adjective): The opposite of careful; not showing care or attention.
Synonyms
- Cautious: Avoiding risks.
- Attentive: Paying close attention.
- Meticulous: Showing great attention to detail.
- Prudent: Acting with or showing care for the future.
Related Phrasal Verbs
(Note: "Careful" is primarily an adjective and does not commonly form phrasal verbs. The related verb "care" forms phrasal verbs.)
Related Idioms
- Better safe than sorry: It's wiser to be careful and avoid risk. (This idiom conveys a similar principle to being careful.)
- Look before you leap: Think carefully before you act. (This idiom advises careful consideration.)
Adjective
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mindful of the future in spending money
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careful with money
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full of cares or anxiety
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Thou art careful and troubled about many things-Luke 10.41
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unhurried and with care and dignity
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walking at the same measured pace
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with all deliberate speed
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cautiously attentive
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careful of her feelings
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heedful of his father's advice
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exercising caution or showing care or attention
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they were careful when crossing the busy street
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be careful to keep her shoes clean
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did very careful research
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careful art restorers
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careful of the rights of others
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careful about one's behavior
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