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stickler

noun as in perfectionist

noun as in puzzle

noun as in insistent person

Weak match

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While Ramsey may be a stickler for oceanic preservation, it seems she’s done little to protect against her humility and self-awareness, floating out into the abyss.

From Salon

We know Maresca is a stickler for playing out from the back, but doing that against Newcastle is asking for trouble.

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I can be quite a stickler with tuning.

“He’s such a stickler for the details that sometimes I have to tell him to give himself some grace, allow himself to be a little more kind to himself,” Pleasant said.

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.

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

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