meticulous

me·tic·u·lous  (m-tky-ls)

adj.

1. Extremely careful and precise.

2. Extremely or excessively concerned with details.

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[From Latin metculsus, timid, from metus, fear.]

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me·ticu·losi·ty (-ls-t), me·ticu·lous·ness n.

me·ticu·lous·ly adv.

Synonyms: meticulous, painstaking, careful, scrupulous, fastidious, punctilious
These adjectives mean showing or marked by attentiveness to all aspects or details. Meticulous and painstaking stress extreme care: "He had throughout been almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities" (Arnold Bennett). Repairing the fine lace entailed slow and painstaking work.
Careful suggests circumspection and solicitude: A careful examination of the gem showed it to be fake.
Scrupulous suggests care prompted by conscience: "Cynthia was scrupulous in her efforts to give no trouble" (Winston Churchill).
Fastidious implies concern, often excessive, for the requirements of taste: "Your true lover of literature is never fastidious" (Robert Southey).
Punctilious specifically applies to minute details of conduct: "The more unpopular an opinion is, the more necessary is it that the holder should be somewhat punctilious in his observance of conventionalities generally" (Samuel Butler).

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meticulous

Adjective

very precise about details; careful and thorough [Latin meticulosus fearful]

meticulously adv
meticulousness n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	meticulous - marked by precise accordance with details; "meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette" punctilious precise - sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"
	2.	meticulous - marked by extreme care in treatment of details; "a meticulous craftsman"; "almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities" fastidious - giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"

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meticulous

adjective thorough, detailed, particular, strict, exact, precise, microscopic, fussy, painstaking, perfectionist, scrupulous, fastidious, punctilious << OPPOSITE careless

Translations

meticulous [mɛˈtɪkjuləs] adj → meticuloso

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meticulous [mɛˈtɪkjuləs] adj → méticuleux/euse

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meticulous [mɪˈtɪkjuləs] adj → sorgfältig;

(detail) → genau

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meticulous [mɛˈtɪkjuləs] adj → meticoloso/a

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meticulous

adj meticulous [miˈtikjuləs]

very careful, almost too careful (about small details) He paid meticulous attention to detail. noulettend دَقيق، شَديد التَّدْقيق дребнав úzkostlivě pečlivý omhyggelig; pertentlig peinlich genau σχολαστικός meticuloso piinlikult täpne باریک بین pikkutarkka méticuleux קַפדָן अतिसावधान pretjerano točan, sitničav aprólékos(kodó) cermat nákvæmur, vandvirkur meticoloso 細かすぎる 작은 일에 신경을 쓰는, 소심한 skrupulingas, smulkmeniškas sīkumains, pedantisks cermat uiterst precies grundig, omhyggelig, pirket skrupulatny meticuloso meticulos тщательный; дотошный úzkostlivo starostlivý pikolovski pedantan pedantisk, petig, minutiös พิถีพิถันมาก titiz 過分注意細節的, 小心翼翼的 скрупульозний; ретельний نہایت محتاط tỉ mỉ 过分注意细节的, 小心翼翼的

adv meˈticulously

noulettend بِتَدْقيق شَديد بالتَّفاصيل дребнаво puntičkářský omhyggeligt; pertentligt peinlich genau σχολαστικά meticulosamente tähenärijalikult با دقت زیاد säntillisesti méticuleusement בְּקַפּדָנוּת कुशलतापूर्वक s pretjeranom točnošću aprólékos(kodó)an dengan cermat vandvirknislega meticolosamente 小心に 소심하게 skrupulingai, smulkmeniškai sīkumaini, pedantiski dengan cermat uiterst precies omhyggelig, pedantisk skrupulatnie meticulosamente meticulos; cu meticu­lo­zitate тщательно; дотошно puntičkársky pikolovsko pedantno pedantiskt, petigt, minutiöst อย่างพิถีพิถัน titiz bir şekilde 過細地 скрупульозно; ретельно احتیاط سے một cách tỉ mỉ 过细地