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Very careful and precise
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meticulous
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a. 1 (context archaic English) timid, fearful, overly cautious. 2 Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1530s, "fearful, timid," from Latin meticulosus "fearful, timid," literally "full of fear," from metus "fear, dread, apprehension, anxiety," of unknown origin. Sense of "fussy about details" is first recorded in English 1827, from French méticuleux "timorously ...
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