Thesaurus / fastidious
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She vacuums my carpet, and I asked her why she was so fastidious about vacuuming every nook and cranny in the house.
HINTS FROM HELOISE: LONGTIME HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER SEES TROUBLING TRENDHELOISE HELOISEOCTOBER 18, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAs she builds a suitable existence, marrying a fastidious Oxford don and having babies, Fanny’s yearning for her cousin’s outsize presence gnaws at what is supposed to be domestic bliss.
AMAZON’S DIVINE PERIOD ROMANCE THE PURSUIT OF LOVE GIVES CLASSIC SOCIAL SATIRE A MODERN TWISTJUDY BERMANJULY 30, 2021TIMEAll three are fastidious in not appearing to be party stooges.
WHY KYRSTEN SINEMA COULD CONTROL THE FUTURE OF THE FILIBUSTERPHILIP ELLIOTTJUNE 4, 2021TIMEThe novel is fast-paced, but González is fastidious in tying together every character and almost-missable detail by the end.
3 BELOVED NATURE BOOKS YOU PROBABLY HAVEN’T READERIN BERGERMARCH 25, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINESimilarly, as Chattman points out, you should be fastidious about making sure your bowls are completely clear of oil or other grease, as those fats can cause the same issue.
HOW TO SEPARATE EGGS WITHOUT THE STRESS OR MESSBECKY KRYSTALFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSo that fastidious snuff-takers may dismiss this bugbear at once and forever.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.It is one of the finest burning tobaccos in the world, and does not fail to suit the taste of the most fastidious of smokers.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.Had she, so observant, so discerning in her fastidious taste—had she failed to notice the small detail too?
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODThere are a great many obscene minds, yet more railing and satirical, but very few fastidious ones.
THE 'CHARACTERS' OF JEAN DE LA BRUYREJEAN DE LA BRUYREHe was slow and fastidious in composition, and the poem suffered from over-elaboration.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 5, SLICE 2VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO FASTIDIOUS
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