meticulously

adverb

Definition of meticulouslynext
1
as in carefully

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2
as in systematically

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Recent Examples of meticulously Bex Claire Hamell, a houseplant educator and award-winning horticulturist, looks for common pests, including mealybugs, scale, thrips, aphids, and mites, and meticulously treats plants with visible infestations. — Rachel Gillett, Martha Stewart, 25 Aug. 2026 Prosecutors allege Clancy meticulously planned the killings by sending her husband out to do errands and strangling the children to death with exercise bands in the basement of their Duxbury, Massachusetts, home while he was gone. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026 The result is a collection that can feel meticulously curated one moment and completely unpredictable the next. — Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Three people were required to place the canvas on the art studio wall, meticulously spreading each inch of canvas to remove any wrinkles. — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026 But all the dinners are meticulously packed to go, complete with spices and sauces. — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026 SmallEngineMechanic on YouTube built the whole-home backup power device, painting it blue to match the rest of the equipment while wiring it meticulously. — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 19 Aug. 2026 Now on Kickstarter, the ScanMax 320 is a powerful, portable, and intelligent scanning solution meticulously crafted for modern workflows. — New Atlas, 18 Aug. 2026 His obsessive court rituals — including meticulously aligning his water bottles and executing his precise pre-point routines — were not merely superstitions, but coping mechanisms in a high-stress, solitary sport. — Max Gao, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meticulously
  1. carefully
  2. systematically
  3. scrupulously
  4. microscopically
  5. minutely
  6. exhaustively
  7. comprehensively
  8. thoroughly
Adverb
  • Dry food can also work, but portions should be weighed carefully rather than left out for unlimited grazing.
    — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Each flower must be picked and carefully dissected to remove three tiny red threads, known as stigmas.
    — Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of carefully
Adverb
  • The strategy uses Hammett parameters to systematically tune the optical properties of iridium complexes through a process called orbital decoupling.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The current administration has implemented sweeping overhauls to federal land management that critics argue systematically isolate underserved communities.
    — Kimmie Gordon, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of systematically
Adverb
  • This analogy is strangely anticlimactic and almost consoling, but a pedestrian ending comes with the territory in a scrupulously realistic book about the inconceivable.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
  • The cleats, now scrupulously modeled in 3D simulations, originated as sharp metal nails, the kind sold at a local hardware store.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
Definition of scrupulously
Adverb
  • The only natural safeguard your body has against UV light is a microscopically thin layer of a pigment called melanin in your epidermis.
    — Guy German, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
  • Coming up with materials that will do that work is actually the easy part; turning them into the microscopically-thin film of a solar sail is the real challenge.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 31 May 2026
Definition of microscopically
Adverb
  • The dozens of edits that Congress made have been minutely examined by historians and literary scholars.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Its standout feature is its hyper-deformable wheels, minutely structured from silicone, composite, and stainless steel, which create a soft, enlarged contact surface with the terrain.
    — Tim Barber, Wired News, 14 Apr. 2026
Definition of minutely
Adverb
  • Preservation Connecticut’s searchable surveys, built in collaboration with the State Historic Preservation Office, exhaustively document historic barns, mills, artistic places, and town greens in every part of the state.
    — Jane Montanaro, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The events surrounding that night have been exhaustively investigated and recounted in numerous stories, documentaries and police investigations.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of exhaustively
Adverb
  • Hull City Hull City 2 Manchester United 0 This wasn’t in the script — Manchester United comprehensively beaten by everyone’s favourites to go down and Oli McBurnie, Hull’s bearded genius, running the show.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • As growth continues expanding south of Orlando, communities have the chance to be planned comprehensively rather than pieced together over time.
    — Justin Onorato, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of comprehensively
Adverb
  • Experts advise thoroughly reading the contract, including coverage limits and exclusions, before purchasing a plan.
    — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water before and after handling food.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 25 Aug. 2026
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“Meticulously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meticulously. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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