Word of the Day – Punctilious

• Adjective: Punctilious
  1. very careful about behaving properly and doing things in a correct and accurate way
• Synonyms:
  1. Meticulous
  2. Conscientious
  3. Diligent
  4. Scrupulous
  5. Careful
  6. Painstaking
  7. Rigorous
  8. Perfectionist
  9. Methodical
  10. Particular
  11. Strict

• Usage:

“This quality was continually breaking through his punctilious manner in the shape of restlessness. He was never quite still; there was always a tapping foot somewhere or the impatient opening and closing of a hand.”

• Encountered:

While reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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