Associations to the word «Punctilious»

Wiktionary

PUNCTILIOUS, adjective. Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.
PUNCTILIOUS, adjective. Precise or scrupulous; finicky or nitpicky.

Dictionary definition

PUNCTILIOUS, adjective. Marked by precise accordance with details; "meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette".

Wise words

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