Adjective
- 1. meticulous, punctilious, precise (vs. imprecise)
- usage: marked by precise accordance with details; "meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette"
- 2. meticulous, fastidious (vs. unfastidious)
- usage: marked by extreme care in treatment of details; "a meticulous craftsman"; "almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities"
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