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me·tic·u·lous
 meticulous
- pronunciation:
- m
tIk
y
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adjective |
| definition: |
carefully attentive to every small detail; painstaking.
He appreciated having a meticulous editor who would pore over his manuscript.
- synonyms:
- careful, conscientious, diligent, exact, fussy, painstaking, picky
- antonyms:
- careless, hit-or-miss, loose, slapdash
- similar words:
- accurate, close, correct, detailed, exacting, fastidious, minute, narrow, particular, perfectionist, precise, punctilious, rigorous, scrupulous, strict, thorough
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| related words: |
critical, dainty, diligent, elaborate, finicky, rigid, serious, solid |
| derivations: |
meticulously (adv.), meticulousness (n.) |
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