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What fictional character is often portrayed as fastidious?

fastidious

[fa-stid-ee-uhs, fuh-] / fæˈstɪd i əs, fə- /


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The aerial shot of a traffic jam in ’70s Manhattan looks like some fastidious kid’s Matchbox collection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

If there is a consistency to his work, it is that of cool, fastidious stylishness, in which the particulars of site, client and program were the dominant factors, and not the personality of the architect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

And its fastidious standards of excellence have never wavered.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025

The fastidious Mendoza needs to get his platoon rescued but he can’t concentrate on coordinates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025

Her father had been a fastidious man, impeccable, close- shaven, with razor-sharp creases pressed into his trousers.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García




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