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Definition of punctiliousness in English:

punctiliousness

noun

‘If government in our representative democracy is supposed to respond to people's stated concerns, then government punctiliousness about privacy might actually be exceeding the public's demands.’

‘Welfare agencies divide people into racial groups for statistical purposes with a punctiliousness I have not experienced since I lived, briefly, in apartheid South Africa a quarter of a century ago.’
‘But it is apparent that she does not bring to her financial affairs the punctiliousness she displays when wrapping the dog's biscuit in lace or sprinkling oatmeal with gold dust.’
‘Is there usually such haste and punctiliousness about complying with this ‘regulation’?’
‘His punctiliousness knew no bounds when it came to the methodology of his research.’