punctilious 的定义
- extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
punctilious 近义词
careful, finicky
更多punctilious例句
- The Tory revolutionary was so punctilious and respectful of her monarch it was almost embarrassing.
- Denis Thatcher got on well with the Queen Mother, enjoyed a drink as much as she did, and was punctilious about royal protocol.
- The little boy of two, often quoted here, showed a punctilious feeling for order in the placing of things.
- Never lacking natural dignity, he was not punctilious in mere matters of form.
- As the representative of his father-in-law, Haggard asked his lordship with punctilious hospitality if he would take another peg.
- Fletcher's whole soul was possessed by a sore, jealous, punctilious patriotism.
- He was a servant and a lackey, and the punctilious gentlemen opposed to him were not inclined to cross swords with him.