Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Timidly.

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  • adverb In a meticulous manner.

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  • adverb in a meticulous manner

Etymologies

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meticulous +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • It’s no coincidence that 2006’s best scripted dramas — The Wire, HBO’s multi-season epic of inner-city Baltimore; and Children of Men, Alfonso Cuarón’s futuristic thriller — were studies in meticulously crafted “realness,” deploying naturalistic dialogue, decentered and chaotic action, stutter-step pacing, and a reporter’s eye for the telling detail.

    The Case for Reality TV 2007

  • It’s no coincidence that 2006’s best scripted dramas — The Wire, HBO’s multi-season epic of inner-city Baltimore; and Children of Men, Alfonso Cuarón’s futuristic thriller — were studies in meticulously crafted “realness,” deploying naturalistic dialogue, decentered and chaotic action, stutter-step pacing, and a reporter’s eye for the telling detail.

    The Case for Reality TV 2007

  • Kraby said Breivik had considered other possible targets to strike as he prepared what Norway's Police Security Service has described as a meticulously prepared attack by a lone culprit.

    Norway suspect was considering other targets 2011

  • And that finger snap notwithstanding, some songs feel a little too perfect, with every violin note in place, every word meticulously sculpted.

    The Odd Couple 2008

  • After many phone calls meticulously describing the pillow and much negotiation the hotel agreed to send it.

    My Resolution Jack Canfield 2008

  • After many phone calls meticulously describing the pillow and much negotiation the hotel agreed to send it.

    My Resolution Jack Canfield 2008

  • Josh Green, in a stunning piece that might be called a meticulously reported notebook dump, says, in The Atlantic, that Mrs. Clinton made personnel decisions based only on loyalty, not talent and skill.

    Confidence or Derangement? 2008

  • During the daylight hours he gathered together the makings of a new flyer, one whose characters were copied meticulously from an English-Chinese dictionary.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • During the daylight hours he gathered together the makings of a new flyer, one whose characters were copied meticulously from an English-Chinese dictionary.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • During the daylight hours he gathered together the makings of a new flyer, one whose characters were copied meticulously from an English-Chinese dictionary.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

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  • The spawn production room has to be kept meticulously (cermat) clean to avoid any contamination.

    January 25, 2011