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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.
Origin of meticulous First recorded in 1525–35; from Latin metīculōsus “full of fear, fearful,” equivalent to metī- for metū- (stem of metus “ fear”) + -culōsus, extracted from perīculōsus “dangerous” (see perilous)
SYNONYMS FOR meticulous 1 exact, strict, scrupulous.
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synonym study for meticulous 1 . See painstaking.
OTHER WORDS FROM meticulous me·tic·u·lous·ly, adverb me·tic·u·lous·ness, me·tic·u·los·i·ty [muh -tik-yuh -los -i-tee], /məˌtɪk yəˈlɒs ɪ ti/, noun un·me·tic·u·lous, adjective un·me·tic·u·lous·ly, adverb un·me·tic·u·lous·ness, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for meticulous adjective very precise about details, even trivial ones; painstaking
Derived forms of meticulous meticulously , adverb meticulousness , noun Word Origin for meticulous C16 (meaning: timid): from Latin meticulōsus fearful, from metus fear
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