meticulous

méticuleux, minutieux

Qui accorde beaucoup de soin et d’attention aux moindres détails.

En anglais simple : Very careful about every small detail.

• She is meticulous about her work.
• He kept meticulous records of every payment.
• The exhibition required months of meticulous planning.

Comment l'utiliser : meticulous about something (He is meticulous about checking every figure.); meticulous in something (She was meticulous in her preparation.)

Synonymes : careful, thorough, painstaking

Contraires : careless, sloppy

Expressions courantes : meticulous attention, meticulous planning, meticulous about something