meticulously
meticulously adverb: in a meticulous manner.
Adverb
meticulously (comparative more meticulously, superlative most meticulously)
- In a meticulous manner.
- Near-synonyms: carefully, methodically, precisely, rigorously, scrupulously, thoroughly
- In fact, they ran that forty-three minutes’ meeting so meticulously, they even took input from the public with predictable results.2016, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Special Districts”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 4, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO
- Synonyms:
- conscientiously, painstakingly, fastidiously, carefully, methodically, precisely, rigorously, scrupulously, thoroughly
- Antonyms:
- sloppily, carelessly, slapdashedly
meticulously meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
meticulously in Tamil
- உன்னிப்பாக, துல்லியமாக
meticulously in Urdu
- باریک بینی سے, بہت احتیاط سے
meticulously in Bengali
- অত্যন্ত যত্নসহকারে
meticulously in Malayalam
- സൂക്ഷ്മമായി
More languagesFewer languages
- meticulously in Gujarati
- ઝીણવટપૂર્વક
Examples of meticulously in a sentence
- He had kept them meticulously in his log as the proud pyrogeographer he believed himself to be.
- Finally, any nitty survivors are meticulously combed out, strand by strand.
- We therefore have to meticulously plan out each day with the small amount of spoons we have.
Synonyms of meticulously
- conscientiously
- painstakingly
- fastidiously
- carefully
- methodically
- precisely
- rigorously
- scrupulously
- thoroughly
Antonyms
Forms of meticulously
| comparative | more meticulously |
|---|---|
| superlative | most meticulously |
Origin of meticulously
From meticulous + -ly.
Questions about meticulously
- What does meticulously mean?
- Meticulously means in a meticulous manner.
- What is meticulously in Tamil?
- Meticulously in Tamil is உன்னிப்பாக, துல்லியமாக. See Meticulously meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is meticulously?
- Meticulously is an adverb.
Words near meticulously in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: meticulously (page history and authors); meticulously (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); meticulously (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); meticulously (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); meticulously (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); meticulously (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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