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Sun 94 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Meticulous
Does the word ' meticulous' invovles positive meaning? If so , can it be replaced with' careful'?
He is a meticulous teacher. He always make a very detailed lesson plan and all of his work are greatly organized.
Another question, it somone is too meticulous, I mean if someone is too concermed with small or unimportant stuff, how do you descirbe him/her?
I don't like my boss. He is too meticulous. He even points out that i missed out a perod in my report.
He is a meticulous teacher. He always make a very detailed lesson plan and all of his work are greatly organized.
Another question, it somone is too meticulous, I mean if someone is too concermed with small or unimportant stuff, how do you descirbe him/her?
I don't like my boss. He is too meticulous. He even points out that i missed out a perod in my report.
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It is interesting how the word meticulous has developed both positive and negative connotations. if I seem rather meticulous in my examination of this question . a meticulous scholar, who has mastered the documents of the age .
- It is interesting how the word meticulous has developed both positive and negative connotations.
- if I seem rather meticulous in my examination of this question .
- a meticulous scholar, who has mastered the documents of the age .
- — Reinhold Niebuhr It is in this meaning that you can substitute 'meticulous' with 'strict' or 'scrupulous'.
- Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff
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It is interesting how the word meticulous has developed both positive and negative connotations. On the one hand, it means 'unduly fussy especially through fear of error or censure', as in
...if I seem rather meticulous in my examination of this question. — World Report
On the other hand, 'commendably thorough or precise':
...a meticulous scholar
...if I seem rather meticulous in my examination of this question. — World Report
On the other hand, 'commendably thorough or precise':
...a meticulous scholar
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Do you mean that ' meticulous' invovles both positive and negative connotatons depening on the context? And ' strict' or ' scrupuous' invovles negative connotation?
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sun 94Do you mean that ' meticulous' invovles both positive and negative connotatons depening on the context?Yes.
sun 94And ' strict' or ' scrupuous' invovles negative connotation?Quite the reverse - they are chiefly positive.
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