punctiliousness
Example Sentences
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Schlossberg’s inexperience and total lack of punctiliousness would make him a horrible candidate for mayor, president, governor, even comptroller.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
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
And even mutual punctiliousness in the fulfilment of contract is not sufficient to the moral ideal.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by C. M. Williams
