Meaning & use
Punctiliousness
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Extreme attentiveness to detail and correctness, especially in behavior or procedure.
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The auditor's punctiliousness ensured that not a single figure was overlooked.
Her punctiliousness about etiquette sometimes struck colleagues as excessive.
A note on using this word
Derived from 'punctilio,' a fine point of etiquette or conduct, ultimately from Italian 'puntiglio.'
Words with a similar meaning
meticulousnessprecision
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Words with an opposite meaning
carelessnesssloppiness
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