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meticulous
me·tic·u·lous M0256900 (mĭ-tĭk′yə-ləs)adj.1. Showing or acting with extreme care and concern for details.2. Archaic Excessively careful and precise.
[From Latin metīculōsus, timid, from metus, fear.]
me·tic′u·los′i·ty (-lŏs′ĭ-tē), me·tic′u·lous·ness n.me·tic′u·lous·ly adv.Synonyms: meticulous, painstaking, careful, scrupulous, fastidious, punctilious
These adjectives mean showing or marked by attentiveness to all aspects or details. Meticulous and painstaking stress extreme care: "He had throughout been almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities" (Arnold Bennett).Repairing the fine lace entailed slow and painstaking work.
Careful suggests circumspection and solicitude: A careful examination of the gem showed it to be fake.
Scrupulous suggests care prompted by conscience: "He was scrupulous about paying his debts and equally scrupulous about collecting what was owed to him" (Pauli Murray).
Fastidious implies concern, often excessive, for the requirements of taste: "Your true lover of literature is never fastidious" (Robert Southey).
Punctilious specifically applies to minute details of conduct: "The more unpopular an opinion is, the more necessary is it that the holder should be somewhat punctilious in his observance of conventionalities generally" (Samuel Butler).meticulous (mɪˈtɪkjʊləs) adjvery precise about details, even trivial ones; painstaking[C16 (meaning: timid): from Latin meticulōsus fearful, from metus fear] meˈticulously adv meˈticulousness, meticu'losity nme•tic•u•lous (məˈtɪk yə ləs)
adj. 1. taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough. 2. finicky; fussy. [1525–35; < Latin metīculōsus full of fear, fearful =metī- for metū- (s. of metus fear) + -culōsus, extracted from perīculōsus perilous] me•tic′u•lous•ly, adv. me•tic′u•lous•ness, n. syn: See painstaking. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | meticulous - marked by precise accordance with details; "meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette"punctiliousprecise - sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment" | | 2. | meticulous - marked by extreme care in treatment of details; "a meticulous craftsman"; "almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities"fastidious - giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness" |
meticulousadjective thorough, detailed, particular, strict, exact, precise, microscopic, fussy, painstaking, perfectionist, scrupulous, fastidious, punctilious He was so meticulous about everything.
loose, careless, sloppy, negligent, haphazard, imprecise, slapdash, inexactmeticulousadjective1. Showing or marked by attentiveness to all aspects or details:careful, fastidious, painstaking, punctilious, scrupulous.2. Very difficult to please:choosy, dainty, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicky, fussy, nice, particular, persnickety, squeamish.Informal: picky.Translationsmeticulous (miˈtikjuləs) adjective very careful, almost too careful (about small details). He paid meticulous attention to detail. 過分注意細節的, 小心翼翼的 过分注意细节的，小心翼翼的 meˈticulously adverb 小心翼翼地，一絲不茍地 过细地，谨慎地，一丝不苟地 meticulous
Synonyms for meticulousadj thoroughSynonyms- thorough
- detailed
- particular
- strict
- exact
- precise
- microscopic
- fussy
- painstaking
- perfectionist
- scrupulous
- fastidious
- punctilious
Antonyms- loose
- careless
- sloppy
- negligent
- haphazard
- imprecise
- slapdash
- inexact
Synonyms for meticulousadj showing or marked by attentiveness to all aspects or detailsSynonyms- careful
- fastidious
- painstaking
- punctilious
- scrupulous
adj very difficult to pleaseSynonyms- choosy
- dainty
- exacting
- fastidious
- finical
- finicky
- fussy
- nice
- particular
- persnickety
- squeamish
- picky
Synonyms for meticulousadj marked by precise accordance with detailsSynonymsRelated Wordsadj marked by extreme care in treatment of detailsRelated Words |