punctiliousness

His social awkwardness, punctiliousness and obsessiveness notwithstanding — he has a day job inspecting restaurants for the health department — his motivations don’t fit the usual mold.

A model of punctiliousness and a font of jejune humor, he is appalled by the clutter his predecessor left.

But he frustrated reporters with his punctiliousness, and didn’t play the internal politics of succession.

Listening to Ackland fret over his affection for Henry Miller, I worried that his ethical punctiliousness must be exhausting.

This punctiliousness and attention to detail meant he didn’t make promises freely, and he said “No” to life far more often than he said “Yes.”