punctiliousness

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Listening to Ackland fret over his affection for Henry Miller, I worried that his ethical punctiliousness must be exhausting.

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2019

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

Where the walking rope line was often a long drawn out affair, the senator is now whisked out of venues with a military punctiliousness somewhat at odds with is free-wheeling reputation.

From The Guardian • Feb. 9, 2016

After four years' struggle he became disgusted with Llanthony and its people: he was in a quarrel with almost everybody, and his genius for punctiliousness had turned nearly the whole neighborhood against him.

From England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel by Cook, Joel