fastidious

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But like her previous partners, he was arrogant and controlling—“yet another man who was fastidious and grumpy,” Ms. Meltzer writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Yet, the combination of director Walter Salles’ fastidious craft with Fernanda Torres’ phenomenally layered performance more than merits its surprise nominations.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2025

But it narrows some of the fastidious distancing that there's been between what had happened at the shut down News of the World and the Sun.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025

Ash was fastidious about maintaining a treatment diary.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2023

Both, for example, were fastidious, very attentive to hygiene and the condition of their fingernails.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote