Punctilious

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  • adjective. Strictly attentive to minute details of form in action or conduct. synonym: meticulous.
  • adjective. Precise; scrupulous.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Attentive to punctilios; very nice or precise in behavior, ceremony, or intercourse; exact (sometimes, to excess) in the observance of rules or forms prescribed by law or custom.
  • Synonyms Particular, precise, scrupulous.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Attentive to punctilio; very nice or exact in the forms of behavior, etiquette, or mutual intercourse; precise; exact in the smallest particulars.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.
  • adjective. Precise or scrupulous; finicky or nitpicky.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. marked by precise accordance with details
  • Word Usage
    "It is no accident that the word "punctilious" ( "attentive to formality or etiquette") comes from the same original root word as punctuation."
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