fastidiously
Example Sentences
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I’m starting to forget where I left the house key, my iPhone or the ⅜-inch Craftsman ratchet wrench—unless I stick to my rule of fastidiously putting everything in its place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
The director is a longtime action coordinator mentored by Donnie Yen; likewise, Sonomura has started to helm his own fastidiously staged chaos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
In 1943, British colonial administrators in Bengal fastidiously avoided the word, speaking euphemistically of “the India food question.”
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2024
Meier loves to "geek out" on new things and is therefore fastidiously making drinks inside the first of two coffee shops that he owns and runs with his wife in Girona.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2024
The bird had raised one wing and pecked fastidiously at its feathers beneath.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
