meticulous

[ muh-tik-yuh-luhs ]

/ məˈtɪk yə ləs /

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adjective

taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.

finicky; fussy: meticulous adherence to technicalities.

Words nearby meticulous

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Origin of meticulous

1525–35; < Latin metīculōsus full of fear, fearful, equivalent to metī- for metū- (stem of metus fear) + -culōsus, extracted from perīculōsus perilous

SYNONYMS FOR meticulous

1 exact, strict, scrupulous.

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ANTONYMS FOR meticulous

1, 2 careless.

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OTHER WORDS FROM meticulous

me·tic·u·lous·ly, adverbme·tic·u·lous·ness, me·tic·u·los·i·ty

[muh-tik-yuh-los-i-tee] /məˌtɪk yəˈlɒs ɪ ti/, nounun·me·tic·u·lous, adjectiveun·me·tic·u·lous·ly, adverb

un·me·tic·u·lous·ness, noun

synonym study for meticulous

1. See painstaking.

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British Dictionary definitions for meticulously

meticulous

/ (mɪˈtɪkjʊləs) /

adjective

very precise about details, even trivial ones; painstaking

Derived forms of meticulous

meticulously, adverbmeticulousness, noun

Word Origin for meticulous

C16 (meaning: timid): from Latin meticulōsus fearful, from metus fear

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