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meticulously
[ muh-tik-yuh-luhs-lee ]
adverb
- in a way that shows extreme care about minute details; in a precise and thorough way, sometimes to an excessive degree:
He'd had collections of various kinds as a kid, each of them meticulously sorted and, yes, even inventoried.
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- un·me·tic·u·lous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of meticulously1
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Example Sentences
She showed me a set of drawers, revealing a meticulously kept filing system of all her jokes.
The hospital turned to Brantly, who is meticulously cautious and profoundly compassionate.
Many of the companies in the top 100 have been investing in and meticulously tending to their brands for decades.
Scenes of various moments—eating, showering, being interrogated—are meticulously replicated almost in life size.
She meticulously de-glams, forcing her flowing brown hair into a tight bun.
Jinny's pages looked like a wild, straggling lyric, flung off in a rapture and meticulously revised.
He takes the full blast of the wrath of the Law and fulfills its demands most meticulously.
Not for him that careful polishing of sentences, which other writers meticulously bestow.
Very often they are of all men the most meticulously mannered.
Others are meticulously insistent and exhaust all their challenges.
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