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careful |
taking care in one's actions; cautious. [1/2 definitions] |
carefully |
in a careful or cautious manner; with care. |
cautious |
If you are cautious, you are very careful and try to keep out of danger or trouble. |
reckless |
If you are reckless, you don't care about possible danger and you don't act in a safe or cautious way. |
safe |
careful; cautious. [1/4 definitions] |
tricky |
If something is tricky, it's difficult in a certain way and takes a special skill or technique to do it or to solve it. Usually, you have to be careful or cautious when you do something that is tricky. Sometimes it doesn't let you make any mistakes when you try to do it. [1/2 definitions] |
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