exacting
/ɪɡˈzaktɪŋ
/ /ɛɡˈzaktɪŋ/adjective
Making great demands on one’s skill, attention, or other resources: the exacting standards laid down by the organic food industry...
- The only question is whether our politicians - who are after all human - can measure up to these exacting standards demanded by the Scottish parliament - I'm sure I couldn't.
- With an exacting attention to detail, Kees combines reality derived from photographs, memory and studies from life with creative imagery to convey his vision.
- However, even grunge reveals an exacting attention to detail.
Synonyms
demanding, hard, tough, stringent, testing, challenging, difficult, onerous, arduous, laborious, tiring, taxing, gruelling, punishing, back-breaking, burdensome, Herculean
archaic toilsome
rare exigent
Derivatives
exactingly
- Her flowers are exactingly painted, petal, leaf, and stalk; her plates and pheasants waiting to be plucked are textbook - perfect.
- You may know me as an exactingly subtle novelist who peels away the artifices of European civilization to expose the twitching nerves of the human animal.
- Musically, this debut is lovingly and exactingly orchestrated with an array of instruments - not just the usual piano, cello, and drums, but also flute, organ, melodica, and horns - that subtly shade the songs' emotions.
exactingness
- And if we are treated with the same exactingness and respect as we treat our beloved work, the big-time sports careers of many of use will be much longer.
- In the course of control the controlling officers should demonstrate exactingness, objectivity and adherence to principles.