English
Etymology
From meticulous + -ly.
Adverb
meticulously (comparative more meticulously, superlative most meticulously)
- In a meticulous manner.
- Synonyms: conscientiously, painstakingly, fastidiously; see also Thesaurus:meticulous
- Antonyms: sloppily, carelessly, slapdashedly
- Near-synonyms: carefully, methodically, precisely, rigorously, scrupulously, thoroughly
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:In fact, they ran that forty-three minutes’ meeting so meticulously, they even took input from the public with predictable results.
Translations
meticulously
- Catalan: meticulosament (ca)
- French: minutieusement (fr), méticuleusement (fr)
- Galician: meticulosamente (gl)
- German: minutiös (de), minuziös (de), sorgfältig (de), pingelig (de), übergenau (de), akribisch (de), peinlich genau
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌰 (glaggwaba)
- Italian: minuziosamente (it), accuratamente (it), meticolosamente (it)
- Lithuanian: smulkmeniškai
- Polish: skrupulatnie (pl), drobiazgowo (pl)
- Portuguese: meticulosamente
- Russian: кропотливо (ru) (kropotlivo), тщательно (ru) (tščatelʹno), педантично (ru) (pedantično), скрупулёзно (ru) (skrupuljózno), дотошно (ru) (dotošno), мелочно (ru) (meločno)
- Spanish: meticulosamente (es), a conciencia, minuciosamente (es)
- Ukrainian: рете́льно (retélʹno), сумлі́нно (sumlínno), педанти́чно (pedantýčno)
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