Adjective

(en adjective)

(archaic) Timid, fearful, overly cautious.

Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.

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, passage=The meticulous care with which the operation in Sicily was planned has paid dividends. Our casualties in men, in ships and materiel have been low—in fact, far below our estimate.}}

Adjective

(en adjective)

In an organized manner; proceeding with regard to method; systematic.

Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical observation.

the methodical''' arrangement of arguments; a '''methodical treatise

* Addison

Methodical regularity.