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meticulous
CEFRC1
/mɪˈtɪkjɪlɪs/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Very careful about every small detail.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailTimid, fearful, overly cautious.
Examples
It is not necessary to be meticulous.
Tom is so meticulous about the food he eats.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 3
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 2
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /mɪˈtɪkjuləs/
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningCharacterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
More examples
In contextHe's not a very meticulous guy.
meticulous investigation
meticulous knowledge
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Origin
adjective
Learned borrowing from Latin meticulōsus (“full of fear, timid, fearful, terrible, frightful”), from metus (“fear”) and -culōsus, extracted from perīculōsus (“perilous”). Sense of “characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details” is a semantic loan from French méticuleux.