|
|
Definition of Exacting
1. Adjective. Having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures. "Certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements"
2. Adjective. Severe and unremitting in making demands. "Strict standards"
3. Adjective. Requiring precise accuracy. "Became more exigent over his pronunciation"
Definition of Exacting
1. a. Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe.
Definition of Exacting
1. Adjective. Making excessive demands; hard to satisfy. ¹
2. Adjective. Requiring precise accuracy ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of exact) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exacting
1. exact [v] - See also: exact
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exacting
Literary usage of Exacting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... nt firet disposed to r.dinit them, yet «hen tho Athenians had fled, they
received thorn into the city. Tho troops then waited for кото time, exacting ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"Where the testator has directed that the life tenant have possession of the funds,
it has been held that even then the matter of exacting security is ..."
3. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1921)
"Now, no general rule can be laid down regarding the mode of exacting such
reparation, since everything depends upon the merits of the individual case. ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"But Pope's advances had not been received in a way to satisfy a man of his petulant
and exacting temper. Mr. Ml« in is much mistaken in supposing that ..."
Other Resources:
