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61formal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. structural; external, superficial, outward; stylized, conventional, ceremonial, ritual[is tic], traditional; solemn, dignified; stuffy, strict, prim; correct, proper. See conformity, fashion,… …
62precise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. exact, accurate, definite, punctilious; fastidious; unbending, rigid; prim, precious. See rightness, truth. Ant., imprecise. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Exact] Syn. accurate, correct, well defined,… …
63punctual — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. prompt, regular, precise, punctilious; periodical; early, timely. See earliness, regularity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. prompt, precise, particular, on time, on schedule, exact, timely, seasonable …
64strict — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. exact, precise; rigid; accurate, meticulous, scrupulous, punctilious, conscientious, nice; stringent, exacting; straitlaced, puritanical. See truth, severity. Ant., lenient. II (Roget s IV) modif.… …
65scrupulous — a. 1. Conscientious, punctilious, strict, nice. 2. Cautious, careful, exact, vigilant, circumspect. 3. Exact, precise, rigorous, punctilious …
66formal — [adj1] established, orderly academic, approved, ceremonial, ceremonialistic, ceremonious, confirmed, conventional, decorous, directed, explicit, express, fixed, formalistic, lawful, legal, methodical, official, precise, prescribed, pro forma,… …
67punctiliously — adverb in a punctilious manner he launched into a long history of the birth of communism, giving credit punctiliously to the work of Marx and Engels • Derived from adjective: ↑punctilious …
68work to rule — noun a job action in which workers cause a slowdown by doing only the minimum amount required by the rules of the workplace • Hypernyms: ↑job action * * * work to rule (of workers) to observe all the regulations scrupulously for the express… …
69strain courtesy — phrasal archaic : to be excessively or unnecessarily punctilious in the minutiae of courtesy : use an excess of civility * * * strain courtesy see under ↑strain1 • • • Main Entry: ↑courteous strain courtesy (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet) To… …
70point-device — I. |pȯintdə|vīs adjective Etymology: Middle English (at) point devis, from at + point + devis fixed, set, from Middle French, from Latin divisus, past participle of dividere to divide more at divide archaic : marked by punctilious often fussy… …
