Careful and Ready

Careful

Careful adjective - Having or showing a close attentiveness to avoiding danger or trouble.

Ready and careful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ready" instead an adjective "Careful".

Ready

Ready adjective - Being in a state of fitness for some experience or action.

Careful and ready are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Careful" instead an adjective "Ready".

Nearby Words: readiness, readily, readying, readied

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Finally, when Jess and Leslie are ready to become more physically affectionate once puberty sets in, they have to be careful not to go too far.
  • The Asgard have this attitude toward Earth, but notably they subvert the trope and help humanity get ready, slowly introducing their technology with careful tutelage so humans can learn to use it wisely.
  • The boy's mother becomes regent and is very careful about steadily increasing his responsibilities, so that he'll be ready once she steps down.
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