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仔細 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dead adj No longer alive.
  • exact adjective Perfectly accurate or precise; matching a standard or fact exactly, with nothing added or missing.
  • faithful adjective Loyal and devoted to a person, cause, or duty.
  • fastidious adj Extremely careful about small details, especially cleanliness and order; hard to please.
  • finical adj Fussy about small details; too precise or dainty.
  • meticulously adverb In a way that shows extremely careful attention to detail.
  • narrow adj Having a small width compared to length; not wide.
  • neat adj Tidy and orderly; clean in appearance.
  • particular adj Specific; referring to one particular thing rather than things in general.
  • pernickety adj (informal) Very particular about small details, often more than necessary.
  • punctilious adj Very careful about small details, especially rules or correct behaviour.
  • true adj Matching the actual facts; correct or accurate.

Senses

仔細 is used for these senses in English:

  • anal-retentive (psychology, Freudian) Preoccupied with achieving perfection, order and control and with collecting, possessing, and retaining objects.
  • dead (degree, informal, colloquial) Exactly.
  • exact Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
  • faithful Consistent with reality.
  • fastidious Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.
  • finical Finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate.
  • meticulously In a meticulous manner.
  • narrow Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.

dead — full definition

  1. adj No longer alive.
  2. adj No longer working, active, or in use.
  3. adj Complete or exact, especially describing precision or stillness.
  4. adv Completely; exactly.

exact — full definition

  1. adjective Perfectly accurate or precise; matching a standard or fact exactly, with nothing added or missing.
  2. adjective Careful and precise by habit; strict about following rules or keeping promises.
  3. verb To demand and enforce payment or compliance, sometimes forcefully.
  4. verb To make something necessary or unavoidable.
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