🇬🇧🇪🇸 meticulous - meticuloso : English Lesson
adjective
Meaning of "meticulous" ("meticuloso"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
Meticulous means doing something with extreme care and accuracy, making sure everything is perfect. A meticulous person checks their homework three times, organizes their crayons by color, and makes sure their socks match—even if nobody else cares.
Grandma is meticulous about cookies. If they aren’t perfect, she eats the evidence.
My teacher is meticulous about neat handwriting. My notebook makes her cry.
The librarian is meticulous—she can hear a book being misplaced from a mile away!
Dad is meticulous about washing his car. Then a bird “decorates” it.
My sister is meticulous about selfies. It takes 100 tries for one “perfect” photo.
She was meticulous with the tiny ship model, placing each sail and knot. Meticulous hands smoothed paint, meticulous eyes checked every rope, meticulous breath held when the anchor fit. Neighbors watched the meticulous work like a small miracle. When the last sail clicked, she smiled, satisfied and calm and hugged it gently.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.
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