Hypertext Webster Gateway: "meticulous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Meticulous \Me*tic"u*lous\, a. [L. meticulosus, fr. metus fear:
cf. F. m['e]ticuleux.]
Timid; fearful. -- {Me*tic"u*lous*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
meticulous
adj 1: marked by precise accordance with details; "was worryingly
meticulous about trivial details"; "punctilious in his
attention to rules of etiquette" [syn: {punctilious}]
2: marked by extreme care in treatment of details; "a
meticulous craftsman"; "almost worryingly meticulous in
his business formalities" [syn: {picky}]
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