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  • meticulous — UK US /məˈtɪkjələs/ adjective ► very careful to consider every detail in a process: meticulous about sth »She was meticulous about keeping her expense receipts properly filed. »A combination of innovation and meticulous attention to detail have… …   Financial and business terms

  • meticulous — me|tic|u|lous [mıˈtıkjuləs] adj [Date: 1800 1900; : Latin; Origin: meticulosus afraid , from metus fear ] very careful about small details, and always making sure that everything is done correctly ▪ He kept meticulous accounts. ▪ Their planning… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • meticulous — adjective 1 very careful about small details, and always making sure that everything is done correctly: He kept meticulous accounts. | She pasted the cuttings into the scrapbook with meticulous care. 2 if you are meticulous about doing something …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • meticulous, scrupulous — These words are often used interchangeably but should not be. Meticulous means unusually careful about small details, exact, precise, finicky : She spends hours working with her hair because she is meticulous about her appearance. A watchmaker… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • meticulous — adj. meticulous about, in (she is meticulous in her dress) * * * [mɪ tɪkjʊləs] in (she is meticulous in her dress) meticulousabout …   Combinatory dictionary

  • meticulous — [[t]mətɪ̱kjʊləs[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as meticulous, you mean that they do things very carefully and with great attention to detail. He was so meticulous about everything... The painting had been executed with meticulous… …   English dictionary

  • meticulous — /məˈtɪkjələs / (say muh tikyuhluhs) adjective solicitous about minute details; minutely or finically careful: he was meticulous about his personal appearance. {Latin meticulōsus fearful} –meticulousness, noun –meticulously, adverb …  

  • meticulous — is derived from the Latin word metus ‘fear’, and in the 16c and 17c it had a corresponding meaning ‘fearful, timid’. Then the word went out of use, only to reappear in the early 19c in a completely different sense, ‘over careful about details’.… …   Modern English usage

  • meticulous — (adj.) 1530s, fearful, timid, from L. meticulosus fearful, timid, lit. full of fear, from metus fear, dread, apprehension, anxiety, of unknown origin. Sense of fussy about details is first recorded in English 1827, from Fr. méticuleux timorously… …   Etymology dictionary

  • meticulous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ very careful and precise. DERIVATIVES meticulously adverb meticulousness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «fearful», later «overcareful about detail»: from Latin meticulosus fearful …   English terms dictionary

  • meticulous — [mə tik′yo͞o ləs, mə tik′yələs] adj. [L meticulosus, fearful < metus, fear] extremely or excessively careful about details; scrupulous or finicky SYN. CAREFUL meticulously adv. meticulousness n. meticulosity [mə tik′yo͞oläs′ə tē, mə… …   English World dictionary

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