fastidiously

adverb

Definition of fastidiouslynext
as in carefully

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Recent Examples of fastidiously The director is a longtime action coordinator mentored by Donnie Yen; likewise, Sonomura has started to helm his own fastidiously staged chaos. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026 France is a country that fastidiously applies rigorous nomenclature to everything from cheese to wine. — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026 Bateman, who fastidiously studies the trades and his every review, was already tight with Netflix’s Ted Sarandos when the streamer signed him and his Aggregate Films to a sweeping first-look deal in 2018. — Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026 Goodall fastidiously documented how the animals lived and interacted in research that would continue over several decades. — Jeremy Mikula, NBC news, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fastidiously
  1. carefully
  2. meticulously
  3. elegantly
  4. stylishly
  5. immaculately
  6. fashionably
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  • But this year is different, and the roles are reversed; David and his uncle do the swapping while Peralta stands by to place each sticker carefully into the album.
    — Maria Jose Gutierrez-Chavez, Curbed, 17 July 2026
  • Readers of the report may not be carefully attuned to the legal arguments used to justify anti-BDS legislation, but PEN America obviously is and so are the donors who support this work.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Definition of carefully
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  • Moreover, quality must be deeply sensory and meticulously crafted, fostering emotional memories through human connection and attention to detail.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • All of the most iconic images from the first movie — a young Moana interacting with an ocean that parts to greet her as a friend, the heroine, older and wiser, gazing out onto the horizon wistfully from her docked raft — are meticulously redone.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 8 July 2026
Definition of meticulously
Adverb
  • Mahmoud Saber and Ramy Rabia scored the first two, before Salah elegantly chipped the ball into the middle of the goal and Hossam Abdelmaguid scored the winning penalty kick.
    — Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Back home in Wilmington, Cynthia Brown built community the way her forebears had built houses—tirelessly and elegantly in the course of years.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
Definition of elegantly
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  • Paltrow wore a black, strapless gown and buckled slippers, while Martin sported a two-tone brown-and-blue sweater over a white T-shirt, with brown corduroy pants and a stylishly thin belt.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • Even the entry-level units feature a separate bedroom, stylishly partitioned with wooden slat walls that can open and close.
    — Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2026
Definition of stylishly
Adverb
  • This boozy, creamy, milkshake-like cocktail is captured immaculately in pie form, with all the flavors and textures of that dangerously potent drink.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
  • Tradwife social media content typically offers an aspirational narrative in the form of videos depicting immaculately groomed, hyperfeminine women, often sporting vintage styles, cooking meals from scratch, and homeschooling their children.
    — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 June 2026
Definition of immaculately
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  • The next model of the fashionably thin phone design should come with an improved camera.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Seattle fortress There was no fashionably late-arriving crowd at the stadium on Friday for a noon start despite the revelry downtown on Thursday night.
    — David Close, CNN Money, 20 June 2026
Definition of fashionably

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“Fastidiously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fastidiously. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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