punctilious

/pʌŋkˈtɪli.əs/

IPA: /P AH0 NG K T IH1 L IY0 AH0 S/

adjective

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.
syn:finicky nitpicky precise

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