meticulousness

noun

Definition of meticulousnessnext
as in carefulness
strict attentiveness to what one is doing he dressed himself with uncharacteristic meticulousness, which made us suspect he was going on a date

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  1. attention
  2. care
  3. conscientiousness
  4. precision
Noun
  • Quarterback Fernando Mendoza promised the Bears will quickly turn their attention to Stanford.
    Jeff Faraudo, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The complaints about the lack of attention to requests from Latino residents and accusations of discrimination will also go to the trial, the judge said.
    Albinson Linares, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of attention
Noun
  • Other examples came six years ago, when O’Conner and St. Louise hospitals had to be sold, and this year, when Regional Medical Center initiated cutbacks in stroke care and other critical services.
    Cindy Chavez, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • One reason for the increase in cases is in part due to people having been more willing to come forward as more attention and care has been given to the issue, said David Finkelhor of the Crimes Against Children Research Center.
    Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of care
Noun
  • Manage your outsourced relationship actively—it'll take conscientiousness and work!
    Randy Wong, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Lead is also associated with higher levels of ADHD, less agreeableness and conscientiousness, and higher levels of neuroticism.
    Dylan Matthews, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Definition of conscientiousness
Noun
  • Even operations that military analysts laud for their technical sophistication have lacked the precision to avoid widespread harm to civilians.
    Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
  • If there’s enough to the role, there’s the precision of film acting.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of precision
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