exacting

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Making great demands; difficult to satisfy.
Of an action, task, etc., requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.
Of a person or organization, characterized by exaction.

verb

/ɪɡˈzæktɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-exacting.wav

exacting more exacting most exacting

From exact + -ing.

demanding niggly pernickety acquisitive extortionate grasping money-grubbing rapacious

fastidious meticulous

superexacting unexacting exactingly exactingness

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