Punctilious

Adjective

 * 1) Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.
 * With a punctilious slap of the gloves, the duel was now inevitable.
 * 1) Precise or scrupulous; finicky or nitpicky.

Derived terms

 * punctiliously
 * punctiliousness

Related terms

 * point
 * punctuate
 * punctual
 * punctuality
 * punctuation

Thesaurus
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