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  • 111punctilious — adjective his punctilious implementation of orders Syn: meticulous, conscientious, diligent, scrupulous, careful, painstaking, rigorous, perfectionist, methodical, particular, strict; fussy, fastidious, finicky, pedantic; informal nitpicking,… …

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  • 112rigorous — adjective 1) rigorous attention to detail Syn: meticulous, conscientious, punctilious, careful, diligent, attentive, scrupulous, painstaking, exact, precise, accurate, thorough, particular, strict, demanding, exacting; informal persnickety …

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  • 113selective — adjective he s very selective about his coffee Syn: discerning, discriminating, discriminatory, critical, exacting, demanding, particular; fussy, fastidious; informal choosy, persnickety, picky, finicky …

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  • 114dainty — 1 delicate, exquisite, *choice, elegant, recherché, rare Analogous words: petite, diminutive, little, *small: pretty, bonny, fair, lovely, *beautiful: *delightful, delectable, delicious Antonyms: gross Contrasted words: * …

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  • 115fastidious — finicky, finicking, finical, particular, fussy, *nice, dainty, squeamish, persnickety, pernickety Analogous words: exacting, demanding (see DEMAND vb): Critical, hypercritical, captious: Careful, meticulous, punctilious, scrupulous Contrasted… …

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  • 116finicky — finicky, finicking, finical particular, fussy, fastidious, *nice, dainty, squeamish, persnickety, pernickety Analogous words: exacting, demanding (see DEMAND vb): captious, carping, hypercritical, Critical: meticulous, punctilious, Careful:… …

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  • 117finicking — finicky, finicking, finical particular, fussy, fastidious, *nice, dainty, squeamish, persnickety, pernickety Analogous words: exacting, demanding (see DEMAND vb): captious, carping, hypercritical, Critical: meticulous, punctilious, Careful:… …

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  • 118finical — finicky, finicking, finical particular, fussy, fastidious, *nice, dainty, squeamish, persnickety, pernickety Analogous words: exacting, demanding (see DEMAND vb): captious, carping, hypercritical, Critical: meticulous, punctilious, Careful:… …

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  • 119fussy — finicky, finicking, finical, particular, persnickety, pernickety, dainty, fastidious, squeamish, *nice Analogous words: exacting, demanding, requiring (see DEMAND vb): querulous, fretful, irritable …

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  • 120particular# — particular adj 1 *single, sole, separate, unique, lone, solitary Antonyms: general 2 individual, *special, specific, especial Antonyms: general, universal 3 particularized, detailed, itemized, *circumstantial, minute A …

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