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"careful" is a perfectly acceptable word in written English
It is an adjective used to describe someone who takes caution in the way that they act. For example, "You should be careful when handling sharp objects."
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Careful
adjective
Full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad.
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They should be careful what they wish for.
Be careful with those.
This is just what happened on an ordinary afternoon in the office of a kind and careful counsellor in Kampala, Uganda.
We must also be careful that prescribing a book doesn't take the place of proper therapy.
He is urged to be careful by an air hostess who is assisting him in his quest to rescue his daughter from the clutches of a deposed South American dictator.
However, Idowu on Wednesday released a statement saying: "After some careful consideration I have decided that for the foreseeable future I will be taking a step back from athletics.
During rehearsals, he's careful to insist that, within the limits of period etiquette, his courtiers and peasants behave like real individuals, rather than ballet ciphers.
"You know what they say: be careful what you wish for".
"Streamlining has financial benefits, but we need to be careful we don't compromise the value of the evidence.
Jim was quiet and careful about his teaching.
England's record-breaking off-spinner, who has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket with immediate effect, was careful to name no names as he described some players as being "up their own backsides".
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