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Wisely vs Carefully - What's the difference?

wisely | carefully |

As adverbs the difference between wisely and carefully

is that wisely is in a wise manner; using good judgement while carefully is (lb) sorrowfully.

wisely

English

Adverb

(er)
  • In a wise manner; using good judgement.
    • She wisely decided to re-check her homework before submitting it.
  • * 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
    • "My second command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda "will be that they carry you safely to the land of the Winkies. Your brains may not be so large to look at as those of the Scarecrow, but you are really brighter than he is—when you are well polished—and I am sure you will rule the Winkies wisely and well."

    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.
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  • *: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.