punctiliousness

Example Sentences

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Spontaneity, experimentation, daring and shamelessness be damned, scientists now say that it’s far more attractive in the long run to offer an irresistible blend of diplomacy and punctiliousness.

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2018

Meyer’s punctiliousness took hold when he was in his late teens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 28, 2016

Even for the non-specialist, it’s impossible to thumb through “Fine Lines” without catching an infectious sense of punctiliousness married to passion.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2016

Does my punctiliousness have anything to do with my germ obsession?

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2012

With an eagerness that bespoke either the most honourable punctiliousness, or very little anxiety to become the husband of Mademoiselle Gonfalon, he set Fatello right.

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 by Various