meticulous /me-tikˈyə-ləs or -yŭ-/

1. Scrupulously careful
2. Overcareful
3. Timid (obsolete)

meticˈulously adverb

• pencels
• pences
• penchant
• penchants
• pencil
• pencil-case
• pencil-cases
• pencil-cedar
• pencil-cedars
• pencil-compass
• pencil-compasses
• penciling
• pencil-lead
• pencil-leads
• pencilled
• penciller
• pencillers
• pencilling
• pencillings
• pencil moustache
• pencil moustaches
• pencil-ore
• pencil-pusher
• pencils
• pencil-sharpener