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adjective

Careful adj.

Full of care; anxious; solicitous. (Archaic) "Be careful (Rev. Ver. "anxious") for nothing." "The careful plowman doubting stands."

Filling with care or solicitude; exposing to concern, anxiety, or trouble; painful. "The careful cold beginneth for to creep." "By Him that raised me to this careful height."

Taking care; giving good heed; watchful; cautious; provident; not indifferent, heedless, or reckless; often followed by of, for, or the infinitive; as, careful of money; careful to do right. "Thou hast been careful for us with all this care." "What could a careful father more have done?"

Synonyms: Anxious; solicitous; provident; thoughtful; cautious; circumspect; heedful; watchful; vigilant.

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Etymology of 'Careful'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Careful" Quotes from Famous Books

... criticism of the book it is important to institute a careful comparison of Chronicles with the parallel narratives in Samuel-Kings.[4] It is found that in the cases where Chronicles directly contradicts the earlier books there are few in which an impartial historical judgment will decide in favour of the later account, and in any point that touches ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 - "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" • Various

... came when the Bald-faced Kid recalled that Old Man Curry's next remark was not a direct reply to his question. After a careful survey of the black horse the patriarch ...

— Old Man Curry - Race Track Stories • Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan

... towards Lady Locke with abstracted blue eyes, "just as the true martyr will always live for his faith. Esme is like the thrush. He always tells us his epigrams twice over, lest we should fail to capture their first fine careful rapture. Repetition is one of the secrets of success nowadays. Esme was the first conversationalist in England to discover that fact, and so he won his present unrivalled position, and has known how to ...

— The Green Carnation • Robert Smythe Hichens

... laughing. He had an engagement that recurred daily in the dusk of the evening, and he was always careful to be on time. The other party to the engagement met him at the kitchen door and fell with him into the trail that led ...

— Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West • William MacLeod Raine

... Bohannan, and "Captain Alden," and for some time gave them careful instructions which none but ...

— The Flying Legion • George Allan England

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