caresome

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Etymology[edit]

From care +‎ -some.

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caresome (comparative more caresome, superlative most caresome)

  1. (rare) Marked by caring or characterised by care; careful; chary.
    • 1877, The Living Age, volume 135, page 386:
      Since here and there one found the lingering trace / Of caresome hands in the neglected place.
    • 2014, Nancy E. Turner, My Name is Resolute:
      She whispered, “Be caresome, Ressie.”

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