punctilious
/pʌŋkˈtɪli.əs/
adjective
- 1
Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.
“With a punctilious slap of the gloves, the duel was now inevitable.”
- 2
Precise or scrupulous; finicky or nitpicky.
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