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| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| meticulous (adj.) |
| in the sense “painstaking, very careful of details,” has lost its once-pejorative overtones of “overly careful,” “overly finical about details.” Today to be called meticulous in your work is to be paid a compliment. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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