1. Full of care; anxious; solicitous. [Archaic]
Be careful [Rev. Ver. "anxious"] for nothing.
Phil. iv. 6.
The careful plowman doubting stands.
Milton.
2. Filling with care or solicitude; exposing to concern, anxiety, or trouble; painful.
The careful cold beginneth for to creep.
Spenser.
By Him that raised me to this careful height.
Shak.
3. Taking care; giving good heed; watchful; cautious; provident; not indifferent, heedless, or reckless; —
often followed by of, for, or the infinitive; as, careful of money; careful to do right.
Thou hast been careful for us with all this care.
2. Kings iv, 13.
What could a careful father more have done?
Dryden.
Syn. — Anxious; solicitous; provident; thoughtful; cautious; circumspect; heedful; watchful; vigilant.
Carefully
(Care"ful*ly), adv. In a careful manner.
Carefulness
(Care"ful*ness), n. Quality or state of being careful.
Careless
(Care"less) a. [AS. cearleás.]
1. Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted. Spenser.
Sleep she as sound as careless infancy.
Shak.
2. Having no care; not taking ordinary or proper care; negligent; unconcerned; heedless; inattentive; unmindful; regardless.
My brother was too careless of his charge.
Shak.
He grew careless of himself.
Steele.
3. Without thought or purpose; without due care; without attention to rule or system; unstudied; inconsiderate; spontaneous; rash; as,
a careless throw; a careless expression.
He framed the careless rhyme.
Beattie.
4. Not receiving care; uncared for. [R.]
Their many wounds and careless harms.
Spenser.
Syn. — Negligent; heedless; thoughtless; unthinking; inattentive; incautious; remiss; supine; forgetful; regardless; inconsiderate; listless.
Carelessly
(Care"less*ly), adv. In a careless manner.
Carelessness
(Care"less*ness), n. The quality or state of being careless; heedlessness; negligence; inattention.
Carene
(Ca*rene") n. [LL. carena, corrupted fr. quarentena. See Quarantine.] (Ecol.) A fast of forty
days on bread and water. [Obs.]
