meticulousnessn.
/mᵻˈtɪkjᵿləsnəs/, U.S. /məˈtɪkjələsnəs/ The quality of being meticulous; meticulosity, scrupulousness, punctiliousness.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > scrupulous care or attention to detail
chariness1571
minuteness1640
exactness1645
particularity1669
nicety1711
exactitude1735
narrowness1817
particularness1859
scrupulousness1863
detail1868
scrupulosity1879
meticulosity1887
meticulousness1909
1909 Westm. Gaz. 17 Aug. 2/1 China..then took refuge in an interpretation of the letter of the Treaty which was quite Portian in its meticulousness.
1923 Sunday at Home Mar. 382/2 He was measured and cautious in his statements to the point of meticulousness.
1937 Discovery Jan. 32/2 The pleasing meticulousness of a Chinese drawing.
1949 M. Mead Male & Female x. 216 The resistance against certain diseases..may depend upon the meticulousness with which they use learned, not specific inherent, capacities.
1988 Independent 20 Nov. 19/5 Wakelin's..works were all in the field of dialectology, and remained influenced by the meticulousness of the Survey [of English Dialect]'s approach.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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