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METICULOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does meticulous mean?
• METICULOUS (adjective)
The adjective METICULOUS has 2 senses:
1. marked by precise accordance with details
2. marked by extreme care in treatment of details
Familiarity information: METICULOUS used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked by precise accordance with details
Synonyms:
meticulous; punctilious
Context example:
punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette
Similar:
precise (sharply exact or accurate or delimited)
Derivation:
meticulosity; meticulousness (strict attention to minute details)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Marked by extreme care in treatment of details
Context example:
almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities
Similar:
fastidious (giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness)
Derivation:
meticulosity; meticulousness (strict attention to minute details)
Context examples
MESA is unique in its meticulous characterization of air pollution exposures along with repeated CT scans of lungs in study participants.
(Study finds link between long-term exposure to air pollution and emphysema, National Institutes of Health)
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