Choose the sentence where the word “meticulously” has been used most appropriately.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → He meticulously checked every detail of the report.
Meticulously means with great care and close attention to every small detail (from the Latin metus, fear: the care of someone afraid of making a mistake). Checking every detail of a report is the kind of careful, exact work the adverb describes.
Example: She meticulously labelled every jar in the kitchen.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: The audience meticulously spoke loudly during the play. — Incorrect. Speaking loudly during a play is a matter of noise and bad manners. There is no careful, detailed work here for "meticulously" to describe.
Option 2: He meticulously rushed through her project work. — Incorrect. To rush through a task is to do it hastily and without care, which is the opposite of doing it meticulously. The sentence contradicts itself.
Option 4: The team meticulously played but lost the match. — Incorrect. The adverb sits awkwardly before "played", and the sentence names no detailed task that needed close attention. It is not the most appropriate use of the word.
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