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ultra-careful adjective uk /ˌʌl.trəˈkeə.fəl/ us /ˌʌl.trəˈker.fəl/ extremely careful: He has always been ultra-careful about safety. I had expected her, as a speechwriter for the president, to be ultra-careful in choosing her words. We had everything checked on the car, trying to be ultra-careful before we set out on our long trip. If you are superstitious, you might try to be ultra-careful not to walk under a ladder or smash a mirror, especially on Friday the 13th. In recent years the intelligence services have been ultra-careful to cover their backs. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Cautious and vigilant abundance an abundance of cautionidiom askance attentive attentively diligence diligent diligent about something/doing something discreet due diligence meticulously meticulousness mindful minutely narrowly sedulously semi-conservative slowly snuffly super-cautious |