punctiliously

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In David Lean’s classic 1957 movie, “The Bridge on the River Kwai,” Alec Guinness plays the punctiliously correct English Col.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

Samuel Beckett, a stickler for faithfulness, didn’t share this laissez-faire attitude toward his stage directions, which he expected to be punctiliously observed by others.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025

John Prescott's department published an annual Opportunities for All report that punctiliously monitored these social targets: 48 out of 59 indicators improved.

From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2013

When dealing with themes borrowed from antiquity without feeling constrained to be punctiliously naturalistic, the same Bouchardon looked back to models from the French past.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2010

“Thus flies foul our fearless night owl,” she might say, the words forming so punctiliously on her lips, her head raised and neck straight and her eyes fixed on our teacher.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee