C2adjective · rare

meticulous

meticulous · more meticulous · most meticulous

ретельний, педантичний, сумлінний

тщательный, дотошный, педантичный, въедливый

peinlich genau, akribisch, minutiös, pedantisch

Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to detailsCharacterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.

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US/mɪˈtɪkjɪlɪs/

» Tom is meticulous.

Tom ist sorgfältig.

Tom ist akribisch.

Том прискіпливий.

Том педантичний.

Meaning

2 senses

Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
meticulous search
meticulous investigation
akribisch, peinlich genau, pedantisch
скрупулёзныйskrupuljóznyj, дото́шныйdotóšnyj, педанти́чныйpedantíčnyj
сумлі́ннийsumlínnyj, рете́льнийretélʹnyj, педанти́чнийpedantýčnyj
marked by precise accordance with details
(archaic)Timid, fearful, overly cautious.
furchtsam, übervorsichtig

Examples

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Tom is meticulous.
Том прискіпливий.
deTom ist sorgfältig.
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He's not a very meticulous guy.
deEr ist wirklich nicht der genaueste.
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Tom is very meticulous about everything.
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Tom is very meticulous.
deTom ist sehr akribisch.
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Sami has been meticulous about safety.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details:

Русский

By meaning 1

characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details:

timid, fearful, overly cautious:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin meticulōsus (“full of fear, timid, fearful, terrible, frightf

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.

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