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meticulous
Carried out extremely carefully, precisely, and with great attention to detail; painstaking.
Der Uhrmacher reparierte das alte Uhrwerk mit akribischer Präzision.
The watchmaker repaired the old clockwork with meticulous precision.
'Akribisch' (meticulous) is a word of elevated written language. In normal everyday conversation, it is used rather rarely and can sound formal or educated.
Die Wissenschaftlerin dokumentierte ihre Ergebnisse akribisch.
The scientist documented her results meticulously.
The word is very often used as an adverb to describe how an action is carried out. In that case, it remains unchanged after the verb.
Der Detektiv hat den Tatort akribisch untersucht.
The detective examined the crime scene meticulously.
As an adjective before a noun, 'akribisch' (meticulous) often describes intellectual or manual activities. Typical combinations are 'akribische Arbeit' (meticulous work), 'akribische Recherche' (meticulous research), or 'akribische Planung' (meticulous planning).
Für seine Doktorarbeit war eine akribische Recherche in alten Archiven notwendig.
For his doctoral thesis, meticulous research in old archives was necessary.
careful
Sorgfältig and akribisch both describe highly precise work. Sorgfältig is the neutral way to describe working attentively and correctly. Akribisch expresses an especially high degree of precision focused closely on the smallest details and can come across as fussy.
Jonas dokumentiert akribisch noch den kleinsten Kratzer an jedem Fundstück.
Jonas meticulously documents even the tiniest scratch on each artifact.
Jonas dokumentiert die Fundstücke sorgfältig, damit die Liste korrekt ist.
Jonas carefully documents the artifacts so that the list will be accurate.
