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She vacuums my carpet, and I asked her why she was so fastidious about vacuuming every nook and cranny in the house.

As she builds a suitable existence, marrying a fastidious Oxford don and having babies, Fanny’s yearning for her cousin’s outsize presence gnaws at what is supposed to be domestic bliss.

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All three are fastidious in not appearing to be party stooges.

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The novel is fast-paced, but González is fastidious in tying together every character and almost-missable detail by the end.

Similarly, as Chattman points out, you should be fastidious about making sure your bowls are completely clear of oil or other grease, as those fats can cause the same issue.

Very rarely, though, that fastidious and precise pulse deteriorates into a disorganized scramble.

Jeffries is apparently a frequent flyer as well as a fastidious and exacting one.

But I can attest first hand: one lapse aside, Fareed is just such a fastidious writer.

So that fastidious snuff-takers may dismiss this bugbear at once and forever.

It is one of the finest burning tobaccos in the world, and does not fail to suit the taste of the most fastidious of smokers.

Had she, so observant, so discerning in her fastidious taste—had she failed to notice the small detail too?

There are a great many obscene minds, yet more railing and satirical, but very few fastidious ones.

He was slow and fastidious in composition, and the poem suffered from over-elaboration.

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On this page you'll find 76 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fastidious, such as: choosy, discriminating, exacting, finicky, fussy, and squeamish.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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