carefully

adv

Etymology: From Middle English carfulli, carefulliche, from Old English carfullīċe, ċearfullīċe (“carefully, diligently”), equivalent to careful + -ly.

1. Sorrowfully.

   “[…] there was she faine / To call them all in order to her ayde, / And them conjure, upon eternall paine, / To counsell her, so carefully dismayd, / How she might heale her sonne […]”

2. With care; attentively, circumspectly.

   “As he was a politician, he discussed all subjects carefully, not offending anyone.”

   “He carefully studied the papers, while planning his next move.”

3. Conscientiously, painstakingly, fastidiously, meticulously