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Definition of carefulness : Quality or state of being careful.

Synonyms:

judiciousness, punctiliousness, forecast, wisdom, providence, pain, judgment, foresight, careful, caveat, fear, cautiousness, chariness, consideration, regard, scrupulousness, gingerliness, thoroughness, calculation, frugality, forethought, painstaking, precaution

care, attentiveness, discretion, circumspection, heed, guardedness, vigilance, heedfulness, awareness, caution, mindfulness, wariness, alertness, deliberation, prudence

discrimination, accuracy, fastidiousness, preciseness, persnicketiness, particularity, criticalness, meticulousness, priggishness, correctness, conscientiousness, exactingness, prudishness, diligence, rigorousness, fussiness, properness, severity, daintiness, delicacy, flawlessness, literalism

Usage examples:

• There is a letter upon this subject by Henri Estienne the printer, in which the high reputation of De Thou's library is contrasted with Lucian's just invective against the illiterate book- hunter: 'The satirist would have honoured a man like you, so learned and so generous in your library: you choose your books with taste, and proportion the cost of binding to the price of the volume; and Lucian, I am sure, would have praised your carefulness in these respects. - "The Great Book-Collectors", Charles Isaac Elton and Mary Augusta Elton.
• Observe, also, and that with carefulness, what the heavens and the earth do teach you; but especially be much in the meditation of that Book that was the cause of your father's becoming a pilgrim. - "The Works of John Bunyan Volume 3", John Bunyan.
• But she read it in his grave carefulness; she detected it in the orders which he gave. - "The Other Girls", Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney.