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Samuel Beckett, a stickler for faithfulness, didn’t share this laissez-faire attitude toward his stage directions, which he expected to be punctiliously observed by others.

All this, plus a punctiliously made cocktail or two, may have you wondering whether there’s a cure for gout.

Mr. Torrisi’s approach is to be lavish with punctiliously cared-for seafood and to outfit it sparingly.

And U is there, emerging from the van to brief each interviewee, noting down contact information and punctiliously making notes on what they say in the book.

From BBC

“Thus flies foul our fearless night owl,” she might say, the words forming so punctiliously on her lips, her head raised and neck straight and her eyes fixed on our teacher.

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

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