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Synonyms

meticulously

American  
[muh-tik-yuh-luhs-lee] / məˈtɪk yə ləs li /

adverb

  1. in a way that shows extreme care about minute details; in a precise and thorough way, sometimes to an excessive degree.

    He'd had collections of various kinds as a kid, each of them meticulously sorted and, yes, even inventoried.

Other Word Forms

  • unmeticulously adverb

Etymology

Origin of meticulously

meticulous ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

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Mud covered the walls, meticulously packed and smoothed but mud nonetheless.

From Literature

No film since Jonathan Glazer’s wizardly “The Zone of Interest” has wielded such a meticulously controlled formal approach to visualizing the insidiousness of moral rot.

From Los Angeles Times

Not all of it could be salvaged, so Knott’s meticulously re-created the look.

From Los Angeles Times

The heads were later found and meticulously reattached but the sculpture was permanently removed from public display several years later.

From BBC

Money he gave to her and her family was structured as loans and tracked meticulously.

From The Wall Street Journal

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