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akribisch — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fastidious adj Extremely careful about small details, especially cleanliness and order; hard to please.
  • finical adj Finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate.
  • meticulous adjective Extremely careful and precise about details.
  • meticulously adverb In a way that shows extremely careful attention to detail.
  • painstaking adjective Done with great care and thorough attention to detail.

Senses

akribisch 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.
  • fastidious Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.
  • finical Finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate.
  • meticulous Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
  • meticulously In a meticulous manner.
  • painstaking Carefully attentive to details; studious; diligent in performing a process or procedure.

fastidious — full definition

  1. adj Extremely careful about small details, especially cleanliness and order; hard to please.
  2. adj (biology) Needing very specific conditions or nutrients to grow, and therefore difficult to culture.

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