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1. painstaking: showing close attention to accuracy and detail
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2. cautious: taking reasonable care to avoid risks
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3. watchful: watchful and protective about something
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4. U.K. not overspending or being wasteful: making sure that money or resources are not spent or used wastefully or without thought
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| care·ful·ness noun |
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careful, conscientious, scrupulous, thorough, meticulous, painstaking, assiduous, punctilious, finicky, fussy
CORE MEANING: exercising care and attention in doing something
careful showing close attention to accuracy and detail;
The project was given approval after careful consideration.
the result of some very careful planning
conscientious showing great care, attention, and industriousness in carrying out a task or role;
a very conscientious secretary
Are you always so conscientious about keeping promises?
scrupulous having or showing careful regard for what is morally right, or for correct procedure;
draw up the contract with scrupulous care
I will be absolutely scrupulous in not favoring one candidate.
thorough extremely careful to include everything that is needed;
a thorough investigation
a thorough understanding of programming principles
meticulous extremely careful and precise;
meticulous attention to detail
pasted the reviews with meticulous care into her scrapbook
painstaking involving or showing great care and attention to detail;
years of painstaking research
a thorough and painstaking investigation
assiduous showing persistent and hard-working effort in doing something;
paid assiduous attention to the layout of new streets
He is assiduous in ensuring compliance with the law.
punctilious very careful about the conventions of correct behavior and etiquette;
She was usually punctilious about telling her mother if she was going to be late.
He always has been punctilious in the exercise of his duties.
finicky difficult to please, and tending to concentrate on small or unimportant details;
Some advocacy groups are finicky about these issues.
finicky car buyers
fussy tending to worry over details or trivial things;
She's got every right to be fussy about the seating plan for the wedding.
This bird isn't all that fussy about its nesting site. |
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