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Definition of Punctilious
1. Adjective. Marked by precise accordance with details. "Punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette"
Similar to: Precise
Derivative terms: Meticulosity, Meticulousness, Punctiliousness
Definition of Punctilious
1. a. Attentive to punctilio; very nice or exact in the forms of behavior, etiquette, or mutual intercourse; precise; exact in the smallest particulars.
Definition of Punctilious
1. Adjective. Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions. ¹
2. Adjective. Precise or scrupulous; finicky or nitpicky. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Punctilious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Punctilious
Literary usage of Punctilious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of the White House by Esther Singleton (1907)
"Washington was not only responsible for the founding of the Federal City and its
public buildings, but his example with regard to punctilious etiquette when ..."
2. The Roman Empire of the Second Century: Or, The Age of Antonines by William Wolfe Capes (1897)
"... Its punctilious regard for ancient forms punctilious may be read in every line
of those old archives, ancient The deity worshipped in that shrine was a ..."
3. Economic and Social History of New England, 1620-1789 by William Babcock Weeden (1890)
"The observance of Sabbath and other religious formalities was very punctilious.
In 1715 Paul Dav- enport, of Canterbury, was fined 20s. for riding from ..."
4. John Chinaman at Home: Sketches of Men, Manners and Things in China by Edward John Hardy (1907)
""W the Chinese have not been spoiled by intercourse i foreigners they are polished
and punctilious. Not in В Kong, of course, where so many of us lose ..."
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