meticulosity
- noun
- /məˌtɪkjuˈlɑsɪti/
- Her meticulosity in reviewing each page made her an excellent editor.
Examples
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The artist's meticulosity was evident in every brushstroke of the painting.
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Her meticulosity in planning the event impressed everyone.
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He approached the project with such meticulosity that nothing was overlooked.
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The artist's meticulosity is evident in every brushstroke.
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Her meticulosity in reviewing each page made her an excellent editor.
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He approached the project with such meticulosity that nothing was overlooked.
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The artist's meticulosity was evident in every brushstroke of the painting.
Synonyms
5
4.1
A strong ability to notice small things and work very carefully
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8.4
Careful attention to small details that makes things correct
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8.2
Careful attention to small details and to how things look
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7.5
A quality of being very careful about small details
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5.8
Too much detail or decoration that makes things complicated
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7.7
Careful attention to doing what is right and to small details
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9.9
Careful attention to small details and correct behavior
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7.0
Careful attention to very small details
Being very careful and doing every small part of a job well
A strong need for things to be done very carefully with attention to small details
Careful attention and steady effort that help someone do small things well
Antonyms
How Meticulous
Surface Forms
Morphology
meticulosity = meticulous (transparent) = meticul + osity
Formed by adding the productive nominalizing sequence '-osity' (reflecting the adjectival stem of 'meticulous') to yield 'the quality of being meticulous'; the derivation and meaning are directly recoverable from the adjective.
Etymology
Meticulosity comes from meticulous, which in turn comes from the old Latin root metus meaning 'fear'. A helpful way to remember it is that a person who is a bit 'fearful' of making mistakes becomes very 'careful' about small details, so meticulosity means paying very close attention to every tiny part.