meticulous (adj.)
- absolute
- accurate
- active
- advertent
- agog
- alert
- assiduous
- astringent
- attentive
- austere
- authoritarian
- aware
- careful
- cautious
- censorious
- choosy
- close
- compliant
- concentrated
- conforming
- conscientious
- conscionable
- conscious
- constant
- correct
- critical
- delicate
- demanding
- detailed
- devoted
- devout
- diligent
- discriminating
- discriminative
- dour
- duteous
- dutiful
- earnest
- exact
- exacting
- exigent
- exquisite
- faithful
- fastidious
- faultless
- fine
- finical
- finicky
- flawless
- full
- fussy
- grim
- harsh
- heedful
- intense
- intent
- just
- letter-perfect
- loyal
- methodical
- microscopic
- mindful
- minute
- narrow
- nice
- niggling
- observant
- observing
- okay
- open-eyed
- openmouthed
- orderly
- painstaking
- particular
- perfect
- pernickety
- picayune
- picky
- precious
- precise
- priggish
- proper
- prudish
- punctilious
- punctual
- puritanic
- refined
- regardful
- religious
- right
- rigid
- rigorous
- rugged
- scrupulous
- selective
- sensitive
- severe
- special
- specific
- stern
- straight
- strict
- stringent
- subtle
- thorough
- tough
- true
- unsparing
- watchful