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meticulous

[muh-tik-yuh-luhs]

adjective

  1. taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough.

    a meticulous craftsman;

    meticulous personal appearance.

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    Antonyms:
  2. finicky; fussy.

    meticulous adherence to technicalities.

    Antonyms:


meticulous

/ ɪˈɪʊə /

adjective

  1. very precise about details, even trivial ones; painstaking

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • meticulously adverb
  • meticulosity noun
  • meticulousness noun
  • unmeticulous adjective
  • unmeticulousness noun
  • ˈپܱdzܲԱ noun
  • ˈپܱdzܲ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of meticulous1

First recorded in 1525–35; from Latin īܱōܲ “full of fear, fearful,” equivalent to ī- for ū- (stem of metus “fear”) + -ܱōܲ, extracted from īܱōܲ “dangerous” ( perilous )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of meticulous1

C16 (meaning: timid): from Latin پܱōܲ fearful, from metus fear
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But then, even the most meticulous research had failed to turn up that Dever’s father, Tim, voiced Bob the Builder, as well as another icon of children’s television, Barney the Dinosaur.

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Each is a meticulous account of a session with a psychiatrist, volleys of “I said” and “he said” with little exposition or context save for an occasional footnote.

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"Clarke's writing is authoritative, beautiful and compassionate. The research is meticulous, and the storytelling is expertly crafted," she said.

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A recent success story is Orchard Hills, which survived a 2020 blaze unscathed due to meticulous planning and specialized home design.

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In contextualizing the visceral action, the cinematographer isolated the character from the stark environment, illustrating his hyperfocused, meticulous nature as the hair-raising tension builds.

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