meticulousness
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meticulousness — index caution (vigilance), diligence (care), particularity, rigor Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
meticulousness — (n.) 1862, from METICULOUS (Cf. meticulous) + NESS (Cf. ness). Earlier in the same sense was meticulosity (1650s) … Etymology dictionary
meticulousness — meticulous UK US /məˈtɪkjələs/ adjective ► very careful to consider every detail in a process: meticulous about sth »She was meticulous about keeping her expense receipts properly filed. »A combination of innovation and meticulous attention to… … Financial and business terms
meticulousness — meticulous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ very careful and precise. DERIVATIVES meticulously adverb meticulousness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «fearful», later «overcareful about detail»: from Latin meticulosus fearful … English terms dictionary
meticulousness — noun see meticulous … New Collegiate Dictionary
meticulousness — noun The state or characteristic of being meticulous. Syn: meticulosity, painstakingness, scrupulousness … Wiktionary
meticulousness — Synonyms and related words: Spartanism, absoluteness, accuracy, astringency, attention to detail, attention to fact, austerity, authoritarianism, care for truth, censoriousness, choosiness, circumstantiality, conscientiousness, correctness,… … Moby Thesaurus
meticulousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Attentiveness to detail: care, carefulness, fastidiousness, pain (used in plural), painstaking, punctiliousness, scrupulousness, thoroughness. See CAREFUL … English dictionary for students
meticulousness — mɪ tɪkjÊŠlÉ™snɪs n. exactness, precision; quality of being meticulous; strictness, scrupulousness; attention to small details … English contemporary dictionary
meticulousness — me·tic·u·lous·ness … English syllables
