minutiös — meaning in English
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English meaning
- fastidious adj Extremely careful about small details, especially cleanliness and order; hard to please.
- meticulous adjective Extremely careful and precise about details.
- meticulously adverb In a way that shows extremely careful attention to detail.
- minute noun A unit of time equal to sixty seconds, or one sixtieth of an hour.
- particular adj Specific; referring to one particular thing rather than things in general.
- punctilious adj Very careful about small details, especially rules or correct behavior.
- thorough adj Done with great care and attention, missing no detail.
Senses
minutiös 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.
- meticulous Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
- meticulously In a meticulous manner.
- minute Very careful and exact, giving small details.
- particular Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
- punctilious Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.
fastidious — full definition
- adj Extremely careful about small details, especially cleanliness and order; hard to please.
- adj (biology) Needing very specific conditions or nutrients to grow, and therefore difficult to culture.
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