fastidiously

With excessive care

Fastidiously means with excessive attention to detail, cleanliness, or propriety.

Someone who dresses fastidiously takes great care with every element of their appearance.

The word often suggests fussiness or pickiness: She fastidiously avoided anything fried.

It can be admiring (meticulous standards) or mildly critical (overly particular).

meticulously

precisely

In an exact manner

rigorously · exactingly · punctiliously · carefully · methodically · systematically · diligently · attentively · conscientiously · accurately

scrupulously

conscientiously

With moral thoroughness

uprightly · carefully · honestly · dutifully · punctiliously · religiously · strictly · rigorously · exactingly · faithfully

fussily

finicky

Excessively particular, hard to satisfy

picky · nitpicky · squeamishly · daintily · priggishly · prissily · overparticular · quibbling · hair-splitting · fussbudget

elegantly

delicately

In a careful, subtle manner

spotlessly · neatly · tidily · primly · dapperly · groomed · polished · manicured · well-kept · orderly

Opposites
care and attention to detail

fastidiouslycarelessly

Without due attention

sloppily · haphazardly · negligently · shoddily · messily

standards and discrimination

fastidiouslyindiscriminately

Without making distinctions

uncritically · promiscuously · indifferently · laxly · easily

Family

fastidious, fastidiousness

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G