Punctilious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Strictly attentive to minute details of form in action or conduct. See Synonyms at meticulous.
  • adj. Precise; scrupulous.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.
  • adj. Precise or scrupulous; finicky or nitpicky.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Attentive to punctilio; very nice or exact in the forms of behavior, etiquette, or mutual intercourse; precise; exact in the smallest particulars.
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. marked by precise accordance with details
  • Equivalent
    precise   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    precise    formal    scrupulous    meticulous   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    bilious    supercilious   
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