adverb

carefully

carefully

Please drive carefully.

Please drive carefully.

She carefully opened the old book.

She carefully opened the old book.

Listen carefully to the instructions.

Listen carefully to the instructions.

((...)) carefully Please drive carefully.

Synonyms: cautiously, meticulously, attentively; Antonyms: carelessly, recklessly, hastily

From the adjective 'careful' + the adverb-forming suffix '-ly'. It describes an action done in a careful manner.

This word tells *how* an action is done. If you are a 'careful' person, you do things 'carefully'.

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