punctiliousadjective
uk/pʌŋkˈtɪl.i.əs/us/pʌŋkˈtɪl.i.əs/formalvery careful to behave correctly or to give attention to details:
He was always punctilious in his manners.
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Wanting everything to be right
- anal
- anally retentive
- choosy
- dot
- dot the i's and cross the t's idiom
- faddy
- fastidious
- fussbudget
- fusspot
- fussy
- houseproud
- martinet
- nitpicking
- pedantic
- perfectionism
- perfectionist
- pernickety
- persnickety
- purist
- stickler
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Cautious and vigilant
punctiliously
adverb uk/pʌŋkˈtɪl.i.əs.li/us/pʌŋkˈtɪl.i.əs.li/
punctiliousness
noun [ U ] uk/pʌŋkˈtɪl.i.əs.nəs/us/pʌŋkˈtɪl.i.əs.nəs/