English → Latin
“carefully” in Latin
dīligenterdiligently, carefullyprōvideōto foresee; to be cautious; to act with foresight; to provide, see tocautuscautious, careful; circumspect, prudent; warycūriōsusCareful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted.; Elaborate, complicated.; That injures himself by care; careworn, emaciated, wasaccūrōto take care of, do something with care, attend or give attention to
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
carefully adv.
diligenter; provide; caute: curiose; accurate (of things only): to go carefully to work, circumspectius facere aliquid: cautionem adhibere in aliqua re: very carefully, omne cautionis genus adhibere in aliqua re: to be careful in words and actions, circumspicere dicta, factaque.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for carefully?
- The usual Latin words for “carefully” are dīligenter, prōvideō, cautus; also cūriōsus, accūrō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.