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# carefully

adverb (carefully; adjective careful)

«carefully» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Carefully means with care, slowly and paying attention so you do not make mistakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carefully/#m1)
2. Carefully means gently, so you do not break or hurt something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carefully/#m2)

### In the lessons

a word of the story only; in school, instructions say «read carefully», «check carefully»; in safety, «cross carefully», «handle carefully»

### Examples

- Read the problem carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carefully/#x1)
- She carefully counted 48 coins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carefully/#x2)
- He carefully packed 12 glasses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carefully/#x3)
- Measure carefully to the nearest cm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carefully/#x4)
- Cross the road carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carefully/#x5)
- Hold the baby bird carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carefully/#x6)
- Listen carefully to the instructions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carefully/#x7)
- He carefully poured the water into the cup. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carefully/#x8)
- Check your answers carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carefully/#x9)
- She carefully cut along the dotted line. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carefully/#x10)
- They walked carefully through the china country. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carefully/#x11)

### Note

Carries no clue about the operation. Spelled with double l: «carefully» (careful + ly). The opposite is «carelessly».

## In Jewish tradition

a word of the story only; in school, instructions say «read carefully», «check carefully»; in safety, «cross carefully», «handle carefully»

### Examples

- This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/carefully/#x1)

### Note

Carries no clue about the operation. Spelled with double l: «carefully» (careful + ly). The opposite is «carelessly».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «carefully» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carefully/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«carefully» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/carefully.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «carefully» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/carefully/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«carefully» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/carefully.html) on Mova free.