A fastidious and incisive intellect. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
fastidious microorganisms. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He stopped to wait for the prisoners to pass, his expression fastidious and filled with contempt. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
They are called fastidious and I think their problems have something to do with ASD. From Wordnik.com. [Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums] Reference
His palate is tender, and, in one sense, might be called fastidious; nothing is more sensitive or more easily shocked. From Wordnik.com. [Penrod and Sam] Reference
However, I borrowed a suit from the skipper -- and he wasn't what you'd call fastidious in his dress either ---- ". From Wordnik.com. [The Long Trick] Reference
More interested in the kind of fastidious mixology and speakeasy aura that's the vogue in lounges below 14th Street?. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Mr Coe said Mrs Laithwaite managed the accounts for their sons' business and described her as "fastidious" with money. From Wordnik.com. [WalesOnline - Home] Reference
"fastidious," but their criticisms were so courteous that no one could muster heart to contradict them. From Wordnik.com. [Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis] Reference
Not all investigators have always been so fastidious. From Wordnik.com. [Damage Patrol: Snooping For Pols] Reference
Ultra-fastidious housekeepers may find this objectionable. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference
One must have a little variety; my husband is very fastidious. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Ford, and took every horse, but that belonging to the fastidious. From Wordnik.com. [The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail] Reference
The fastidious lady or gentleman carries a scoop for this purpose. From Wordnik.com. [I Beg Your#>%$?* Pardon?] Reference
Gore's fastidious attention to detail made him a joyless campaigner. From Wordnik.com. [Caught In Clinton's Shadow] Reference
A less fastidious sort, I've simply taken to wearing slip-on loafers. From Wordnik.com. [SPREAD YOUR LEGS, AND SMILE!] Reference
Less-fastidious readers will find it a pleasure, pure and simple. —. From Wordnik.com. [He'll Take Manhattan] Reference
Crisp G-man to the end, Felt was very fastidious about his appearance. From Wordnik.com. [SHOPPING A BIG SECRET] Reference
Humans, even the most fastidious among us, are a notoriously filthy lot. From Wordnik.com. [Going Viral] Reference
While I am far from fastidious, this is beyond even my level of tolerance. From Wordnik.com. [Garden Goddess for Hire] Reference
Is it regret, or envy, that renders you fastidious on the subject, sisters?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She was relieved to keep a messier house after O.J., who had been fastidious. From Wordnik.com. [Day & Night] Reference
A fastidious man, he came late to public life, with all its messy compromises. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery Of The White House Suicide] Reference
He'd always been fastidious about bathing, sometimes two, even three times a day. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Dreams of Reality, 2] Reference
These fast fellows frightened Amedee a little, as he had the misfortune to be fastidious. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
These are heady days for the famously fastidious nerds at South Korea's new No. 1 company. From Wordnik.com. [The Revenge Of The Nerds] Reference
An unusually buttoned-down Ciaran Hinds is the fastidious cleanup man, riddled with doubts. From Wordnik.com. [Heaviness For The Holidays] Reference
Today, fastidious international donors want to know how their loans and grants are being spent. From Wordnik.com. [Can Arafat Make The Wye Accord Stick?] Reference
People don't think I'm overly fastidious because, although my house is clean, it's homely, too. From Wordnik.com. [Homes: Spick and span] Reference
She found a few isolated traits of it, some absurd images, a fleeting and fastidious impression. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
A kitten is much more fastidious than is a baby, and a grown cat would tolerate no powder or rouge. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
Be natural, be extremely fastidious in choosing friends, in conversation, in manners, and in dress. From Wordnik.com. [Cupology How to Be Entertaining] Reference
Dave's mother and sisters were fastidious, and Dave found himself, even at fourteen, resenting coarseness. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
Eisenstaedt said photography was all about seeing, but he was, almost slyly, a fastidious technician, too. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Eisenstaedt 1898-1995] Reference
At 54, he's a fastidious micro-manager who cruises neighborhoods, cataloging potholes and stray garbage bags. From Wordnik.com. ['Hizzoner' And His Son] Reference
Mr Bullfrog is an elegant and fastidious linen-draper, of feminine sensibility, and only too exquisite refinement. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
In fact, in a ginger step toward living in this strange new world, Clark joked about his fastidious military bearing. From Wordnik.com. [Politics: The Water Walker] Reference
Franks is a relentless detail man who expects his aides to be just as fastidious (his staff generally rises at 4 a.m.). From Wordnik.com. [Bulking Up For Baghdad] Reference
In his own fastidious fashion, he made sure to walk over to the correct receptacle, there to properly deposit his used water bottle. From Wordnik.com. [Touching Down] Reference
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