Definizione monolingua

punctilious

punctilious (comparative more punctilious, superlative most punctilious)

1. Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.

   With a punctilious slap of the gloves, the duel was now inevitable.

2. Precise or scrupulous; finicky or nitpicky.
   • 2009, Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson and Eleni Gregoromichelaki, Semantics: an introduction to meaning in language

     Of course, humans do not treat time in such a punctilious fashion.

Definizione dizionario punctilious

meticoloso

pedante

scrupoloso

Altri significati:

precise

strictly attentive to detail

Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.

Precise or scrupulous; finicky or nitpicky.