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meticuloso — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • careful adjective Paying close attention to avoid mistakes, danger, or harm.
  • fastidious adj Extremely careful about small details, especially cleanliness and order; hard to please.
  • meticulous adjective Extremely careful and precise about details.
  • painstaking adjective Done with great care and thorough attention to detail.
  • thoughtful adj Showing careful thinking or consideration.

Senses

meticuloso is used for these senses in English:

  • careful Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous.
  • fastidious Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.
  • meticulous Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
  • painstaking Carefully attentive to details; studious; diligent in performing a process or procedure.
  • thoughtful Demonstrating thought or careful consideration.

careful — full definition

  1. adjective Paying close attention to avoid mistakes, danger, or harm.
  2. adjective Done with great attention to detail; thorough and precise.

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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