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单词 punctilious
释义
punctilious
adjective
formal
uk
/pʌŋkˈtɪl.i.əs/us
/pʌŋkˈtɪl.i.əs/
verycarefultobehavecorrectlyor to giveattentiontodetails:
一丝不苟的；循规蹈矩的
He was always punctilious in hismanners.他举止总是循规蹈矩。
Synonym
meticulousapproving
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Wanting everything to be right
  • anally
  • anally retentive
  • choosy
  • cover all the basesidiom
  • dot the i's and cross the t'sidiom
  • finicky
  • fuss
  • fussbudget
  • fussily
  • fussiness
  • particular
  • pedant
  • pedantic
  • pedantically
  • pedantry
  • punctiliously
  • punctiliousness
  • purism
  • purist
  • stickler
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Cautious and vigilant

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punctiliously
punctiliousness
(Definition ofpunctiliousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpunctilious

punctilious
In effect the ' transition costs ' have not been openly faced, as the morepunctiliouspension ' reformers ' used to insist they should be.
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Within this restricted focus, however, the editors have beenpunctiliousin including a wide range of topics and disciplines.
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In this, he ispunctiliousand extremely illuminating.
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I believe that we werepunctiliousin the fairness of our approach.
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He is usually a mostpunctiliousattender in debates and speaks when the demands of the party opposite make that necessary.
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I am sure that they werepunctiliousin their observance of the codes of conduct.
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I thought he was particularlypunctiliousin disclosing that interest, since it is in no sense a personal or financial interest.
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The important thing when one is dealing with these matters of conditions of service is to bepunctiliousin looking after them.
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I know that this is apunctiliouspoint, but we should have clarity.
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What is more, our supervision should be much morepunctiliousthan it used to be.
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It is simple, it is humane and it is notpunctilious.
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Let us face it: at one time the railways were clean, trains were reliable, service waspunctiliousand stations were immaculate.
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He expected every officer to bepunctiliousin saluting religious processions as they passed in the streets.
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We have been mostpunctiliousever since the end of the war in keeping all our commitments.
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He is a verypunctiliousperson, but there may be other persons without his high standard of accuracy in dealing with correspondence.
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