METICULOUS


Meaning of METICULOUS in English

 ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ləs adjective

Etymology: Latin meticulosus, from metus fear + -iculosus (as in periculosus dangerous)

1. obsolete : timid , fearful

2. : marked by extreme painstaking care in the consideration or treatment of details:

a. : unduly fussy especially through fear of error or censure

if I seem rather meticulous in my examination of this question — World Report

in their work, they were rigid and overzealous, meticulous , overconscientious, inelastic — Harold Rosen & H.E.Kiene

no longer interpret contracts with meticulous adherence to the letter when in conflict with the spirit — B.N.Cardozo

b. : commendably thorough or precise : strict

that fullness and meticulous documentation which the scholar requires — G.W.Allen

a meticulous scholar, who has mastered the documents of the age — Reinhold Niebuhr

using meticulous intravascular injection techniques — N.M.Pusey

had observed a meticulous neutrality — Sir Winston Churchill

a meticulous regard for law and usage — C.G.Bowers

Synonyms: see careful

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.