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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 detailsplay

2. marked by extreme care in treatment of detailsplay

  Familiarity information: METICULOUS used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


METICULOUS (adjective)


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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