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Painstakingly vs Warily - What's the difference?

painstakingly | warily |

As adverbs the difference between painstakingly and warily

is that painstakingly is in a painstaking manner; very slowly and carefully while warily is in a wary manner; using caution; cautiously.

painstakingly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a painstaking manner; very slowly and carefully.

    • warily

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a wary manner; using caution; cautiously.
  • * 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6
    • That her little Tarzan could destroy a great bull gorilla she knew to be improbable, and so, as she neared the spot from which the sounds of the struggle had come, she moved more warily and at last slowly and with extreme caution she traversed the lowest branches, peering eagerly into the moon- splashed blackness for a sign of the combatants.