English Explanatory Dictionary

punctilious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.
Precise or scrupulous; finicky or nitpicky.

Pronunciation

/pʌŋkˈtɪli.əs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-punctilious.wav

Word forms

punctilious more punctilious most punctilious

Etymology

From punctilio (“fine point in exactness of conduct”) + -ous.

Synonyms

accurate careful comprehensive solicitous conscientious exhaustive fastidious groundly in-depth intensive letter-perfect mindful minute particular polished precise painstaking punctilious rigorous root and branch scrupulous scrutinous sedulous strict thorough tight finicky nitpicky

Related words

point punctuate punctual punctuality punctuation

Derived words

overpunctilious punctiliously punctiliousness unpunctilious

Translations

Bulgarian: педантичен Dutch: precies Dutch: pietepeuterig Finnish: pilkuntarkka German: pedantisch German: genau German: präzise Polish: drobiazgowy Polish: formalistyczny Polish: pedantyczny Polish: skrupulatny Russian: педанти́чный Scottish Gaelic: pongail Spanish: puntilloso

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