punctiliousness
Example Sentences
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A model of punctiliousness and a font of jejune humor, he is appalled by the clutter his predecessor left.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2020
Meyer’s punctiliousness took hold when he was in his late teens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2016
Even for the non-specialist, it’s impossible to thumb through “Fine Lines” without catching an infectious sense of punctiliousness married to passion.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2016
Where the walking rope line was often a long drawn out affair, the senator is now whisked out of venues with a military punctiliousness somewhat at odds with is free-wheeling reputation.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 9, 2016
Sometimes he assumes the serious ferocity of a brigand chief or the haughty punctiliousness of a hidalgo.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Carlo Gozzi
