Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (2)
1.
taking care or paying attention;
- Example: "they watched carefully"2.
as if with kid gloves;
with caution or prudence or tact;
- Example: "she ventured cautiously downstairs"- Example: "they handled the incident with kid gloves"[syn: cautiously, carefully]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Carefully \Care"ful*ly\, adv.
In a careful manner.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
carefully
adv 1: taking care or paying attention; "they watched carefully"
2: as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact; "she
ventured cautiously downstairs"; "they handled the incident
with kid gloves" [syn: cautiously, carefully] [ant:
carelessly, incautiously]