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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 Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.
  • 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

  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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