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| Explanation of meticulous (adjective) forms: meticulous; more meticulous; most meticulous; less meticulous; least meticulous detailed work; very careful Sample of meticulous The meticulous work was more than most could handle. I particularly enjoyed long evening discussions with Lance, whose meticulous methods and ambitions in broadcasting were explained in his book "The Stuff of Radio", which he sent me on his return to London, together with a copy of his novel, "The Perfect Witch".
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| Explanation of inflexible (adjective) forms: more inflexible; most inflexible; less inflexible; least inflexible unbending; unwilling to compromise Sample of inflexible She was inflexible about her rules on drinking and driving. In this functional bureaucracy, Ford's top-down management style made decision-making slow and inflexible with a heavy emphasis on short-term financial criteria.
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| Explanation of chic (adjective) forms: chicer; chicest; less chic; least chic stylish Sample of chic It is considered very chic to leave the bottom button of a sport coat unbuttoned by some. As a new graduate, she blew the chance to work for Yves Saint Laurent when she clashed with a fearsomely chic woman while visiting a textile company.
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| Explanation of hectic (adjective) forms: more hectic; most hectic; less hectic; least hectic very busy; feverish Sample of hectic The stock traders' office worked at a hectic pace. He admitted that he thought electors were sick of what seemed like endless campaigning, but for the last two weeks his home has been the headquarters for a hectic campaign office.
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| Explanation of literate (adjective) forms: more literate; most literate; less literate; least literate educated to the point of being able to read and write (e.g. person) Sample of literate American society has the goal of making sure all children will be literate by the time they are teenagers.
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| Explanation of despondent (adjective) forms: more despondent; most despondent; less despondent; least despondent depressed Sample of despondent Sergeant Meeks was worried about his troops being so despondent.
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| Explanation of obese (adjective) forms: obese; more obese; most obese; less obese; least obese very fat Sample of obese Many Americans are becoming obese. You often find, for example, that teenage girls who are just slightly overweight see themselves as massively obese.
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| Explanation of sordid (adjective) forms: sordid; more sordid; most sordid; less sordid; least sordid wretched; often referring to terrible conditions Sample of sordid To some people, rock stars are stereotypically sordid characters. Yet, considering the sordid life to which the modern underclass is committed, and especially when their life is compared with that of the contented majority, it is an occasion for wonder that the discontent and its more violent and aggressive manifestations are not greater than they are.
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| Explanation of pious (adjective) forms: pious; more pious; most pious; less pious; least pious very religious; devout Sample of pious One would hope that a pastor of a church would have a pious disposition. In early sixteenth-century London it was customary for the most pious lay people to rush from church to church in order to be present at as many elevations of the host as possible in a single day.
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| Explanation of predominate (adjective) forms: predominate; more predominate; most predominate; less predominate; least predominate leading; prevailing Sample of predominate The predominate party was now in power for four years.
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