punctiliousness
Example Sentences
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Listening to Ackland fret over his affection for Henry Miller, I worried that his ethical punctiliousness must be exhausting.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2019
Spontaneity, experimentation, daring and shamelessness be damned, scientists now say that it’s far more attractive in the long run to offer an irresistible blend of diplomacy and punctiliousness.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 4, 2018
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
At Katrine's airs of dignity she scoffed openly, and she would call in question Gwethyn's really quite harmless little exaggerations with ruthless punctiliousness.
From The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life by Angela Brazil
