Crossword clues for meticulous
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Meticulous \Me*tic"u*lous\, a. [L. meticulosus, fr. metus fear: cf. F. m['e]ticuleux.] Timid; fearful. [archaic]
2. Taking great care to get every detail correct; working thoroughly and with precision; as, meticulous workmanship. [PJC] -- Me*tic"u*lous*ly, adv.
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 fussy" [Fowler attributes this use in English to "literary critics"], from the Latin word. Related: Meticulosity.
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context archaic English) timid, fearful, overly cautious. 2 Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
WordNet
adj. marked by precise accordance with details; "was worryingly meticulous about trivial details"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette" [syn: punctilious]
marked by extreme care in treatment of details; "a meticulous craftsman"; "almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities" [syn: picky]
Wikipedia
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Usage examples of "meticulous".
He showed them the meticulous books he kept, the receipts for the equipment they rented, the ongoing calendar for work planned and booked.
However detestable that man was as an individual, he was one of the finest artisans of our little group, close in observation, meticulous in recording.
I have heard of her great skills, of course, but I am most meticulous and never lose anything.
It had, of course, a permanent and considerable interest in all political developments, but it was discreet, not to say meticulous, in ensuring that it was seen to be above any petty power chasing, and in this case it confined itself to watching and weighing events.
Drommel waited in delight and anticipation, though he was meticulous in hiding this from the public gaze.
The two dozen embryos arrayed upon the counter, each one no more than a few millimeters long and each suspended in a sterile dish containing an artificial growth medium of her own invention, were the end of a long and meticulous process of elimination and experimentation, expressly designed to create human embryos genetically superior to those created through the random genetic shuffling of ordinary reproduction.
He was as meticulous as ever in his silver armor and crimson cape, his head naked, his beard and moustache trimmed perfectly.
Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Batiatus was one of the most efficient and meticulous men the city of gladiators had ever known.
Foragers were such meticulous engineers that there was no discernible change in pressure or sound as the hatch closed.
I remembered my father, a lined, silent man who had liked to fly often, taking photograph after photograph from his plane for the meticulous work of Mapping and Exploration.
How we longed to find the writings of a Pliny or Livy to give flesh and breath to these meticulous records of acquired wealth.
As Danielle expected, everything was filed neatly away, and the entire vaulted attic room looked meticulous with nothing out of place.
It was in this written reporting that many test pilots failed, and Pope was profoundly impressed by the meticulous care with which Randy Claggett wrote his reports.
Canaveral, responsible for seeing that their part of the system functioned, and for three months the meticulous work proceeded as the disparate units were introduced one to the other and fitted together.
Shuttle, and then apply each tile by hand in the most meticulous manner.