meticulous
careful and with attention to detail (person)
TRANSLATION
meticulous = sorgfältig, äußerst genau --- GOOGLE INDEX meticulous: approximately 20,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Planning and METICULOUS execution is everything in Japanese football. So when the players fall behind in a game, there is a system to rely on, a belief there is a way back to victory.
(NBC Sports)
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It is believed that many of the crimes were METICULOUSLY planned, with the alleged offender plotting to evade police along the bike paths winding through suburban Canberra.
(The Canberra Times)
(NBC Sports)
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It is believed that many of the crimes were METICULOUSLY planned, with the alleged offender plotting to evade police along the bike paths winding through suburban Canberra.
(The Canberra Times)
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meticulous
adjective
meticulously
adverb
- showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise
(Oxford English Dictionary)
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Many people who are familiar with the country automatically associate Germany and Germans with precision and attention to detail, in one word, with meticulousness, It may be a stereotype, but it is grounded in reality.
There is a reason why NASA uses optical lenses from a German company in its space program, where there is no room for error. German cars are admired the world over as engineering marvels. Newspapers around the globe print their daily editions on time with some of the most complicated machinery in the world, most of which are Made in Germany.
Nowhere is this characteristic more evident than in Swabia, a region that spans Baden-Württemberg and parts of Bavaria. There is an old Swabian proverb that says "New brooms sweep well, but they don't reach into the corners." This not only refers to the so-called "Kehrwoche" (loosely translated as "weekly cleaning detail"). It is also a testament to the Swabian obsession with being exact and correct. Or to put it another way, the fear of not being precise enough.
This brings us to the origin of the word meticulous, which stems from the Latin "meticulosus", meaning fearful, timid. It literally means "full of fear", which is something any genuine Swabian can instill in others if a job is not done properly. In other words, don't try sweeping that dirt under the carpet after getting it out of the corner, especially if a meticulous Swabian is nearby.
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SYNONYMS
cautious, detailed, exact, painstaking, picky, precise, thorough
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"High-quality software requires a well thought-out design and meticulous testing."
adjective
meticulously
adverb
- showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise
(Oxford English Dictionary)
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Many people who are familiar with the country automatically associate Germany and Germans with precision and attention to detail, in one word, with meticulousness, It may be a stereotype, but it is grounded in reality.
There is a reason why NASA uses optical lenses from a German company in its space program, where there is no room for error. German cars are admired the world over as engineering marvels. Newspapers around the globe print their daily editions on time with some of the most complicated machinery in the world, most of which are Made in Germany.
Nowhere is this characteristic more evident than in Swabia, a region that spans Baden-Württemberg and parts of Bavaria. There is an old Swabian proverb that says "New brooms sweep well, but they don't reach into the corners." This not only refers to the so-called "Kehrwoche" (loosely translated as "weekly cleaning detail"). It is also a testament to the Swabian obsession with being exact and correct. Or to put it another way, the fear of not being precise enough.
This brings us to the origin of the word meticulous, which stems from the Latin "meticulosus", meaning fearful, timid. It literally means "full of fear", which is something any genuine Swabian can instill in others if a job is not done properly. In other words, don't try sweeping that dirt under the carpet after getting it out of the corner, especially if a meticulous Swabian is nearby.
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SYNONYMS
cautious, detailed, exact, painstaking, picky, precise, thorough
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"High-quality software requires a well thought-out design and meticulous testing."
