Usually means: Considering with care and attention.
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  1. thoughtfully: Merriam-Webster
  2. thoughtfully: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. thoughtfully: Collins English Dictionary
  4. thoughtfully: Vocabulary.com
  5. Thoughtfully, thoughtfully: Wordnik
  6. thoughtfully: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. thoughtfully: Wiktionary
  8. thoughtfully: Dictionary.com
  9. thoughtfully: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. thoughtfully: Rhymezone
  11. thoughtfully: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. thoughtfully: FreeDictionary.org
  13. thoughtfully: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. thoughtfully: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. thoughtfully: Legal dictionary

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▸ adverb:  In a thoughtful or pensive manner.
▸ adverb:  In a way that shows kindness or consideration for others.

Similar:
pensively, ponderingly, contemplatingly, contemplatively, reflectively, consideringly, thinkingly, reflectingly, musingly, mindfully, more...

Opposite:
thoughtlessly, carelessly, recklessly, heedlessly

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thoughtlessly, more...

Phrases:
consider thoughtfully, said thoughtfully, say thoughtfully, thoughtfully considered, act thoughtfully, more...

Colors:
    sage,     lavender,     teal,     mauve,     olive, more...



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Similar:
pensively, ponderingly, contemplatingly, contemplatively, reflectively, consideringly, thinkingly, reflectingly, musingly, mindfully, more...

Opposite:
thoughtlessly, carelessly, recklessly, heedlessly

Types:
thoughtlessly, more...

Phrases:
consider thoughtfully, said thoughtfully, say thoughtfully, thoughtfully considered, act thoughtfully, to say thoughtfully, hummed thoughtfully, wait thoughtfully, more...

Colors:
    sage,     lavender,     teal,     mauve,     olive, more...



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