Complete Definition of "punctilious"

English

Adjective
en-adj

  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

Translations
Spanish: puntilloso

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te:punctilious
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