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as in carefully
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as in systematically
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Recent Examples of meticulously
While scrubs, especially black ones, are pretty indestructible, the costume department still meticulously ages them and accounts for wear as the day shift goes on.
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2026
They’re meticulously designed, as real as our ability to pretend.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Our first stop was the hotel’s dining room, a vaulted space with floor-to-ceiling views that serves meticulously plated dishes made mostly from regional produce (including the island’s distinctive wild juniper berries) and seasonal catches such as cod, crab, and shrimp.
—Akash Kapur, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
Nutella was one of the 189 unique items on the menu for the ten-day Artemis II mission, which was meticulously chosen to maximize crew preferences, along with nutritional and spacecraft requirements.
—Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
Beyond these foundational strategies, growers meticulously manage resources.
—Sj Studio, Footwear News, 6 Apr. 2026
Our story was meticulously and responsibly reported.
—Gma Team, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
New houses, barns, and buildings have sprung up ever since, and now, under the stewardship of the hospitality veteran Caitlin Owens (whose family has owned the property for decades) and her partner, the creative director Paul Glade, the estate has been meticulously restored into a singular retreat.
—Ashley Baker, Air Mail, 4 Apr. 2026
The film meticulously depicts inertia and zero-gravity movement.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026
Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2026
They’re meticulously designed, as real as our ability to pretend.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Our first stop was the hotel’s dining room, a vaulted space with floor-to-ceiling views that serves meticulously plated dishes made mostly from regional produce (including the island’s distinctive wild juniper berries) and seasonal catches such as cod, crab, and shrimp.
—Akash Kapur, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
Nutella was one of the 189 unique items on the menu for the ten-day Artemis II mission, which was meticulously chosen to maximize crew preferences, along with nutritional and spacecraft requirements.
—Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
Beyond these foundational strategies, growers meticulously manage resources.
—Sj Studio, Footwear News, 6 Apr. 2026
Our story was meticulously and responsibly reported.
—Gma Team, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
New houses, barns, and buildings have sprung up ever since, and now, under the stewardship of the hospitality veteran Caitlin Owens (whose family has owned the property for decades) and her partner, the creative director Paul Glade, the estate has been meticulously restored into a singular retreat.
—Ashley Baker, Air Mail, 4 Apr. 2026
The film meticulously depicts inertia and zero-gravity movement.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meticulously
Adverb
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Galante recognizes that his design decisions are being carefully watched and scrutinized by the Jeep community; his predecessor, Mark Allen, was a legend.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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And the people should look very carefully at every single candidate.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
12 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The oversight mechanisms that would detect abuse have been systematically removed.—
Patrick Eddington,
Oc Register,
15 Apr. 2026
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Beijing has systematically picked off Taiwan’s allies using economic incentives, infrastructure deals and political pressure to isolate the island diplomatically.—
Michelle Kuo,
The Dial,
14 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Florida attorneys general in both parties scrupulously minimized their secondary roles as partisan politicians.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2026
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That’s like a flower scrupulously nudging out from between sidewalk slabs, a breath of fresh air.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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When looked at microscopically, there were patterns that suggested the possibility of life on Mars at one time.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2026
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Corintis The simulation and optimization software developed by Corintis is used to design a network of microscopically small channels on cold plates.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
17 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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According to François Godard, a media and telecoms analyst at Enders Analysis, the $71B Disney-Fox deal from late last decade, which was waved through by the EU but examined minutely, sets the closest recent precedent for Hollywood M&A in the continent.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2026
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Williams knows how to humanize this bare-bones vocabulary, minutely adjusting the voicing of a chord or caressing the last of a set of recurring motifs with a regretful ritardando.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Sprawling, fearsome scenes of battle unfurl with a nightmarish, exhaustively detailed authenticity.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Apr. 2026
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Rock stars and their equivalents in other genres often develop their craft in obscurity before being discovered; idols are apprentices, trained exhaustively by their management companies.—
Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Trust, once comprehensively destroyed, cannot be rebuilt in a hotel in Islamabad over 21 hours.—
Farah N. Jan,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2026
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Who would have thought a suite of songs that cover being annoyed at TV chef Jamie Oliver and some rich Tesla driver moving into an old flame’s flat would be so comprehensively devastating?—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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This engrossing and thoroughly original thriller combines racing suspense with a moving story about the need for human connection.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 2026
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Here, a tiny getaway has a thoroughly modern look with an angled roofline, a wall of windows, and a stone side wall that’s mirrored in the built in garden beds just beyond.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Meticulously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meticulously. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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