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Meticulous
/mɨˈtɪkjuləs/
Today’s word is Scrutinize.
What it means
- adjective
Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
- adjective
Timid, fearful, overly cautious.
Where it comes from
Meticulous comes from Latin meticulousus, fearful, from metus, fear. The older sense was timid. In modern English it means painstaking care, not fright.
In a sentence
- He's not a very meticulous guy.by CK, Tatoeba
- Tom is very meticulous.by Hybrid, Tatoeba
- Tom and Mary are meticulous.by CT, Tatoeba
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