meticulous

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

me·ticu·lous BrE [məˈtɪkjələs] NAmE [məˈtɪkjələs] adjective
paying careful attention to every detail
Syn: ↑fastidious, Syn: ↑thorough
•meticulous planning/records/research
•Their room had been prepared with meticulous care.
•She planned her trip in meticulous detail.
•~ in sth/doing sth He's always meticulous in keeping the records up to date.
•~ about sth My father was meticulous about his appearance.
Derived Words: ↑meticulously ▪ ↑meticulousness

Word Origin:
[meticulous meticulously meticulousness] mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘fearful or timid’): from Latin meticulosus, from metus ‘fear’. The word came to mean ‘excessively careful about detail’, hence the current sense (early 19th cent.).

Example Bank:
•She is meticulous in her choice of words.
•She kept the records in absolutely meticulous order.
•He's always meticulous in keeping the records up to date.
•The room had been prepared with meticulous care.