punctilious

Meaning

1. Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.
2. Precise or scrupulous; finicky or nitpicky.

Synonyms

careful

particular

meticulous

thorough

scrupulous

strict

pedantic

bookish

pernickety

donnish

exacting

formal

ceremonious

jaunty

mature

neat

nice

painstaking

persnickety

pettifogging

precise

priggish

prim

punctual

scholastic

squeamish

sticky

studious

tax

stick to formality

be ceremonious

square-toed

finickety

anal

nitpicky

cautious

circumspect

exact

fastidious

finical

finicking

finicky

fiscal

formalise

formalize

fussy

heedful

Translations

pointilleux

meticuloso

σχολαστικός

meticulós

meticuloso

méticuleux

pedantisch

meticulosa

pundonoroso

pietepeuterig

minutieus

förmlich

puntilloso

punctilloso

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pʌŋkˈtɪli.əs/

Etymology

From punctilio (“fine point in exactness of conduct”) + -ous.