adj · neutral
meticulous
/məˈtɪkjələs/me·TIC·u·lous
Band 6-7task2speaking
very careful and accurate about small details
Examples
“She is meticulous about citing sources in her essays.”
“The designer was meticulous in choosing colours and fabrics.”
“Meticulous planning helped the festival run smoothly.”
Band 8 sentence
“The researcher was meticulous in documenting every step, which made the study easy to replicate.”
Collocations
- be meticulous about
- meticulous planning
Word family
meticulousness nmeticulously adv
Common mistakes
be meticulous in recording→be meticulous about recording
meticulosity→meticulousness
Say it for a higher band
5careful→6thorough→7+meticulous
Synonyms
thorough
fastidious
Easily confused
particular
“He is very particular about the cleanliness of his kitchen.”
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