Associations to the word «Carefully»

Pictures for the word «Carefully»

Wiktionary

CAREFULLY, adverb. (obsolete) Sorrowfully.
CAREFULLY, adverb. With care; attentively, circumspectly.

Dictionary definition

CAREFULLY, adverb. Taking care or paying attention; "they watched carefully".
CAREFULLY, adverb. As if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact; "she ventured cautiously downstairs"; "they handled the incident with kid gloves".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats