meticulous

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 External links

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin meticulosus (“‘full of fear’”) < metus (“‘fear’”)

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meticulous (comparative more meticulous, superlative most meticulous)

1. Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
   • 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Roosevelt's Fireside Chat, 28 July 1943:

     The meticulous care with which the operation in Sicily was planned has paid dividends. Our casualties in men, in ships and materiel have been low—in fact, far below our estimate.

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• careful, precise, painstaking, rigorous, scrupulous
• See also Wikisaurus:meticulous

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• sloppy, careless, slapdash

[edit] Derived terms

• meticulousness

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[edit] External links

• meticulous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• meticulous in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911