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[syn: meticulous, punctilious]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Punctilious \Punc*til"ious\ (-y[u^]s), a. [Cf. It. puntiglioso,
Sp. puntilloso.]
Attentive to punctilio; very nice or exact in the forms of
behavior, etiquette, or mutual intercourse; precise; exact in
the smallest particulars. "A punctilious observance of divine
laws." --Rogers. "Very punctilious copies of any letters."
--The Nation.
[1913 Webster]
Punctilious in the simple and intelligible instances of
common life. --I. Taylor.
[1913 Webster] -- Punc*til"ious*ly, adv. --
Punc*til"ious*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
punctilious
adj 1: marked by precise accordance with details; "meticulous
research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of
etiquette" [syn: meticulous, punctilious]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "punctilious":
accurate, active, attentive, careful, censorious, choicy, choosy,
close, compliant, conforming, conscientious, conscionable,
constant, conventional, correct, critical, delicate, demanding,
detailed, devoted, devout, discriminating, discriminative, duteous,
dutiful, exact, exacting, exigent, exquisite, faithful, fastidious,
fine, finical, finicking, finicky, formal, fussy, heedful, loyal,
methodical, meticulous, mindful, minute, narrow, nice, observant,
orderly, overconscientious, overscrupulous, painstaking,
particular, perfectionistic, picky, practicing, precious, precise,
precisian, precisianistic, precisionist, precisionistic, priggish,
prudish, punctual, puristic, puritanic, refined, regardful,
religious, rigid, rigorous, scrupulous, scrutinizing, selective,
sensitive, strict, subtle, tender-conscienced, true