HOW TO PRONOUNCE
meticulous
/məˈtɪkjələs/
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Stress “tic” and keep the following “y” sound.
Use four syllables, with the main beat on the second. After k, a y sound leads into a light vowel; the last two syllables stay unstressed.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The archivist kept meticulous records.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does meticulous mean?
adjective
- Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
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adjective
- (archaic) Timid, fearful, overly cautious.
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IPA pronunciation
/məˈtɪkjələs/
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The note preceding the catalogue tells of unbounded enthusiasm for the library and a meticulous regard for order.
After a few years of meticulous composting and restoration of soil life, Howard's oxen glowed with well-being.
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The English adhere with meticulous care to the rule of avoiding everything personal.
Vice versa, there are meticulous folk, little people, whose petty obstacles are met with patience and cheerfulness, who revel in minute detail, but who want returns soon and cannot wait a long time.
It is part of the evolution of the idea of God that we have now so largely disentangled our conception of him from the dietary and regimen and meticulous sexual rules that were once inseparably bound up with his majesty.