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say it: muh-TI-kyuh-luhs
meticulous is an adjective meaning "marked by precise accordance with details". It is pronounced /məˈtɪkjələs/ — muh-TI-kyuh-luhs. It carries 2 recorded senses.
marked by precise accordance with details
“meticulous research”
“punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette”
marked by extreme care in treatment of details
“a meticulous craftsman”
“almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for meticulous come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.