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punctiliousadjective marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and detailsold-money aristocrats with a punctilious sense of propriety ceremonious, correct, decorous, formal, nice, proper, starchy, stiff, stiff-necked, stilted sober, solemn, statelychivalrous, courtly, gallantgenteel, polished, refinedcivil, courteous, polite, red-carpet casual, easygoing, informal, laid-back, unceremonious improper, indecorous, unmannerlydiscourteous, impolite, rude careful, meticulous, scrupulous, punctilious mean showing close attention to detail.careful implies attentiveness and cautiousness in avoiding mistakes.a careful worker meticulous may imply either commendable extreme carefulness or a hampering finicky caution over small points.meticulous scholarship scrupulous applies to what is proper or fitting or ethical.scrupulous honesty punctilious implies minute, even excessive attention to fine points.punctilious observance of ritual in 1617 |