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What is the difference between carefully and careful?

carefully | careful | Derived terms |

Careful is a derived term of carefully.



In obsolete terms the difference between carefully and careful

is that carefully is sorrowfully while careful is full of cares or anxiety; worried, troubled.

As an adverb carefully

is sorrowfully.

As an adjective careful is

full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad.

carefully

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • (lb) Sorrowfully.
  • *, III.8:
  • *:there was she faine / To call them all in order to her ayde, / And them conjure, upon eternall paine, / To counsell her, so carefully dismayd, / How she might heale her sonne.
  • With care; attentively, circumspectly.
  • :
  • *
  • *:Then his sallow face brightened, for the hall had been carefully furnished, and was very clean. ¶ There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
  • careful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * carefull (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad.
  • *, Bk.V:
  • *:‘Alas,’ sayde Sir Cadore, ‘now carefull is myne herte that now lyeth dede my cosyn that I beste loved.’
  • (obsolete) Full of cares or anxiety; worried, troubled.
  • *1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.1:
  • *:Where through long watch, and late daies weary toile, / She soundly slept, and carefull thoughts did quite assoile.
  • Having care (for); attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.
  • :He was a slow and careful driver.
  • Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous.
  • :They made a careful search of the crime scene.
  • Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Antonyms

    * careless

    Derived terms

    * carefully