/ məˈtɪkjələs; NAmE / adjective
meticulous (in sth / doing sth) | meticulous (about sth / in doing sth) paying careful attention to every detail
SYN fastidious , thorough :
meticulous planning / records / research
He's always meticulous in keeping the records up to date.
Their room had been prepared with meticulous care.
► me·ticu·lous·ly adverb :
a meticulously planned schedule
meticulously clean
► me·ticu·lous·ness noun [ U ]
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent. (in the sense fearful or timid ): from Latin meticulosus , from metus fear. The word came to mean overcareful about detail , hence the current sense (early 19th cent.).