Meaning of METICULOUS
| Pronunciation: | | mu'tikyulus
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- [adj] marked by extreme care in treatment of details; "a meticulous craftsman"; "almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities"
- [adj] marked by precise accordance with details; "was worryingly meticulous about trivial details"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette"
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| | Synonyms: | | fastidious, picky, precise, punctilious |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Me*tic"u*lous\, a. [L. meticulosus, fr. metus fear:
cf. F. m['e]ticuleux.]
Timid; fearful. -- {Me*tic"u*lous*ly}, adv.
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