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Accept the situation, and fight for yourself, taking your advantage where you can, and casting away scruples of punctilio.
JOURNALISM FOR WOMENE.A. BENNETTNever did a more foolish punctilio bring about so terrible a result.
SOUTH AMERICAN FIGHTS AND FIGHTERSCYRUS TOWNSEND BRADYAbsorbed in reflections of such unspeakable moment, I had no leisure to heed the niceties of punctilio.
WIELAND; OR THE TRANSFORMATIONCHARLES BROCKDEN BROWNThe doctor greeted William cordially, and with that punctilio that a man offers to one whom he recognizes as his superior.
PROFESSOR HUSKINSLETTIE M. CUMMINGSBut I will not stand on punctilio when it is a question of trying to save a Penreath of Twelvetrees from the gallows.
THE SHRIEKING PITARTHUR J. REESPunctilio, pungk-til′yo, n. a nice point in behaviour or ceremony: nicety in forms: exact observance of forms.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 3 OF 4: N-R)VARIOUSTo her, consciences were not things to be treated with an exaggerated punctilio.
MRS. MAXON PROTESTSANTHONY HOPEIt was Ralph Devenish, however, and he was performing his duties with some punctilio.
DENIS DENTERNEST W. HORNUNGPrépimpin went through his repertoire with the punctilio of the barrack square deprecated by Bakkus.
THE MOUNTEBANKWILLIAM J. LOCKEIt seemed to me he rather enjoyed returning the salutes with the greatest punctilio and flourish.
GREENER THAN YOU THINKWARD MOOREWORDS RELATED TO PUNCTILIO
- accepted conduct
- amenities
- breeding
- civilities
- correctness
- courtesy
- decency
- decorum
- delicacy
- dignity
- etiquette
- good behavior
- good form
- modesty
- mores
- niceties
- politeness
- politesse
- protocol
- punctilio
- rectitude
- refinement
- respectability
- rules of conduct
- seemliness
- social conventions
- social grace
- the done thing
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