punctilio
Example Sentences
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They combined, then as now, a wild bureaucratic adherence to punctilio and procedure with entanglements of cohort and clan that could shortcut the procedure in a moment.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 8, 2017
There lingers, even in our mercantile age, an admiration for the aristocratic ethos, the punctilio, of the duel.
From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2015
Protocol, punctilio, politesse suddenly drop, leaving Tennyson’s “Nature, red in tooth and claw.”
From BusinessWeek • Sep. 29, 2011
The Navy's top command, with a few exceptions, exemplifies the insulation, compartmented authority, punctilio which make up "the military mind."
From Time Magazine Archive
It is customary," he explained, "in my country, that in affairs of honour strict punctilio should be maintained.
From A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William
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