meticulous
- taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- finicky; fussy: meticulous adherence to technicalities.
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intensely, very, fully, intensively, wholly, completely, carefully, earnestly, highly, extremely, scrupulously, painstakingly, conscientiously, meticulously, comprehensively, assiduously, efficiently, exactly, precisely, warilyExamples from the Web for meticulously
Contemporary Examples of meticulously
She showed me a set of drawers, revealing a meticulously kept filing system of all her jokes.
The hospital turned to Brantly, who is meticulously cautious and profoundly compassionate.
Many of the companies in the top 100 have been investing in and meticulously tending to their brands for decades.
Scenes of various moments—eating, showering, being interrogated—are meticulously replicated almost in life size.
She meticulously de-glams, forcing her flowing brown hair into a tight bun.
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Historical Examples of meticulously
Furthermore, her face and body were meticulously symmetrical.
The PerfectionistsArnold Castle
What little hair he did have left was meticulously shaved off every morning.
Unwise ChildGordon Randall Garrett
But once he realized that, he meticulously joked about them.
At the PostHorace Leonard Gold
It may be putting it strong; but it is also meticulously and simply—true.
Through Our Unknown SouthwestAgnes C. Laut
Very often they are of all men the most meticulously mannered.
Preaching and PaganismAlbert Parker Fitch
meticulous
- very precise about details, even trivial ones; painstaking
Word Origin for meticulous
Word Origin and History for meticulously
1680s, from meticulous + -ly (2).
meticulous
1530s, "fearful, timid," from Latin meticulosus "fearful, timid," literally "full of fear," from metus "fear, dread, apprehension, anxiety," of unknown origin. Sense of "fussy about details" is first recorded in English 1827, from French méticuleux "timorously fussy." Related: Meticulosity.