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Definition of Meticulousness
1. Noun. Strict attention to minute details.
Generic synonyms: Conscientiousness, Painstakingness
Derivative terms: Meticulous, Meticulous, Meticulous, Meticulous, Punctilious, Scrupulous
Definition of Meticulousness
1. Noun. The state or characteristic of being meticulous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Meticulousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meticulousness
Literary usage of Meticulousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Horizons: A Book of Criticism by Francis Hackett (1918)
"But even if his meticulousness becomes impractical at times, becomes an accountancy
infinitely more delicate than life has any use for, exhibits a craving ..."
2. The New Republic Book: Selections from the First-hundred Issues (1916)
"Perhaps he weighs his little feelings too preciously, putting his coal as well
as his gold in the apothecary's scales. But even if his meticulousness ..."
3. Biographical Memoirs by National Academy Of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences Staff, Caroline K. McEuen (1980)
"Adams' published works of that period (1910-1920) reflect his skill and meticulousness
as an experimenter. They dealt not only with effects of environmental ..."
4. English Hunger and Industrial Disorders: A Study of Social Conflict During by Walter James Shelton (1922)
"... the knowing- ness affected by junior reviewers, the overgrowth of meticulousness
in their peerings for an opinion, as if it were a cultivated habit in ..."
5. The Passing of the Great Reform Bill by James Ramsay Montagu Butler (1914)
"... and anxious that it should be carried through with all speed, knowing and
recking nothing of the dilatory meticulousness of parliamentary procedure. ..."
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