punctilious
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/pʌŋkˈtɪli.əs/
English
Definitions
adjective
- Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.“With a punctilious slap of the gloves, the duel was now inevitable.”
- Precise or scrupulous; finicky or nitpicky.
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Synonyms
finickynitpickyprecisemeticulouspunctualfastidiouscarefulceremoniouspernicketynittypuritanicalpickynarrowscrupulousfussynice