PUNCTILIOUS in a Sentence

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1. He was punctilious about being ready and waiting in the entrance hall exactly on time.
2. This quality was continually breaking through his punctilious manner in the shape of restlessness.
3. Percy is punctilious about observing the rules of etiquette whenever Miss Manners invites him to stay.
4. The old prince, like all fathers indeed, was exceedingly punctilious on the score of the honor and reputation of his daughters.

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 Meanings and Examples of PUNCTILIOUS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
punctilious
 a.  marked by precise accordance with details
Classic Sentence:
1  This quality was continually breaking through his punctilious manner in the shape of restlessness.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
2  The old prince, like all fathers indeed, was exceedingly punctilious on the score of the honor and reputation of his daughters.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 12
3  He sneered more, his words were apt to be more biting, but the manner that accompanied them was always punctilious--too punctilious.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIV
4  As far as the service goes he is quite punctilious, your excellency; but his character.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
5  When his hour had struck he stood up and took leave of his desk and of his fellow-clerks punctiliously.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A LITTLE CLOUD
Example Sentence:
1  Percy is punctilious about observing the rules of etiquette whenever Miss Manners invites him to stay.
2  He was punctilious about being ready and waiting in the entrance hall exactly on time.