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meticulously, adv.|mɪˈtɪkjʊləslɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a meticulous manner; † timidly (obs.); with excessive care about minute details, over-scrupulously. In present usage: in a careful or punctilious manner. (Cf. meticulous a. 2.)
1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. i. §33 (1716) 39 Move circumspectly not meticulously, and rather carefully sollicitous than anxiously sollicitudinous. 1900Academy 31 Mar. 275/1 A dish meticulously concocted upon a recipe. 1961‘J. Wyndham’ Consider her Ways 90 He had..a black felt hat meticulously brushed. 1971Nature 4 June 334/3 It is essentially a reference book, meticulously cross-referenced, with a huge bibliography and a good index. 1974Physics Bull. Mar. 104/2 With the aid of a meticulously detailed account of the formal basis of quantum mechanics, Professor Scheibe has provided a precise characterization of the orthodox interpretation of the theory. |