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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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Carefully or Cautiously?

She carefully(or)cautiously snuck a peek down at the street where the shot came from.

  

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In that bare sentence, it's "cautiously". With some more description, "carefully" is possible.

  • In that bare sentence, it's "cautiously".
  • With some more description, "carefully" is possible.
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In that bare sentence, it's "cautiously". With some more description, "carefully" is possible.

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Both are OK, but 'cautiously' is more explicit.

Note that some people consider snuck to be informal English. You could say sneaked.

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