CONSIDERATELY Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

considerately

adverb

as in kindly

with good reason or courtesy he considerately made breakfast for all of the exhausted rescue workers

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Recent Examples of considerately Move considerately, and let your actions speak for you today. — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026 The viral post comes as survey data suggests many travelers are generally open to seat-switch requests when they are made considerately. — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026 The new tool is meant to help shoppers and brands consume more considerately and specifically by cutting out the hassle and emissions of returns. — Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025

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Speak plainly, edit kindly, and let useful precision build trust without turning everything into a critique.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026
Ask about the fee, set a payment structure, and clarify the boundary kindly.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of kindly

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When these fibers are thoughtfully integrated, Wong said the fabric instantly conveys a higher level of refinement.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
Today, the roughly 7,000-square-foot house has been thoughtfully updated while retaining its Elizabethan character.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of thoughtfully

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As for Apple, Amazon and Sony, all three companies have strong technology businesses in addition to theatrical and streaming content, which may align nicely with Imax's tech-heavy business.

— Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
None of this would worry me if the systems failed loudly, but a model out of its depth returns fluent, confident and nicely formatted text that happens to be wrong.

— Faisal Saeed, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of nicely

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For years, America's been in the chokehold of unnecessarily oversized pickup trucks, but recent announcements of new vehicles show that common sense – and more reasonably proportioned utes – may soon prevail.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026
One may reasonably surmise that the city’s corporation counsel is weighing whether Bally’s contract interpretations need to be decided by a judge.

— Joe Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

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