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punctilious Meaning & Definition

What Does Punctilious Mean?

As an adjective, punctilious means Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions. It is also used to mean Precise or scrupulous; finicky or nitpicky.

Punctilious Definition (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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Punctilious in a Sentence

With a punctilious slap of the gloves, the duel was now inevitable.

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