careful
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
careful/ˈkeəfl/
▶adjective
- 1 taking care to avoid mishap or harm; cautious.
■ (careful of/about) protective of.
■ (careful with) prudent in the use of.
- 2 done with or showing thought and attention.
– derivatives
carefully adverb,
carefulness noun.
carefully adverb,
carefulness noun.
'careful' also found in these Oxford entries:
advisement
- blurt
- cassava
- cautious
- cheese-paring
- conservation
- considerate
- consideration
- curious
- deliberate
- deliberation
- delicate
- diligence
- diligent
- discreet
- disinterested
- easy
- economy
- exact
- eye
- forethought
- gingerly
- have
- head
- heed
- ill-judged
- indiscriminate
- its
- laurel
- lax
- mark
- mature
- meticulous
- mind
- mouth
- nice
- overcareful
- pain
- penny wise
- pernickety
- political correctness
- precipitate
- rash
- serious
- sneeze
- study
- tender
- thought
- thoughtful
