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In conduct, this animus expressed itself in a kind of punctilious propriety. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Browning] Reference
WINSTON punctilious in leaving the five minutes demanded. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 25, 1914] Reference
Spanish gentlemen are very punctilious on points of honor. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar] Reference
We were punctilious indeed about these niceties of address. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
The Republic was punctilious abroad, and no less so at home. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
Southey also was ready to exhibit his punctilious orthodoxy. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years] Reference
His galleots were punctilious, moreover, in returning the call of Don. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Barbary Corsairs] Reference
It implies complete and punctilious obedience, meticulous conformity. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
A keen politician, he was punctilious in his attendance at the House. From Wordnik.com. [The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1] Reference
"Mademoiselle," said Major Henri Marchand in his most punctilious way. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier] Reference
He was punctilious in that courtesy as in all other acts of consideration. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the East] Reference
Their relation had never been sentimental, but he had always been punctilious. From Wordnik.com. [The Coast of Chance] Reference
He must even laugh when he thought of his, austere punctilious maternal aunt, the. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
What he discovered justified all the years of punctilious discharge of his duties. From Wordnik.com. [The Stutterer] Reference
"He's punctilious in his forms," said the Paymaster, "but it's thoughtful of him too.". From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
To a man of his sensitive and punctilious nature the situation was almost intolerable. From Wordnik.com. [The Invader A Novel] Reference
Diavolo raised his dusty cap to his chest and returned the bow with punctilious gravity. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
He started when he saw her, raised his hat and opened the gate with punctilious politeness. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
And I noticed afterward that she was always most punctilious about such little formalities. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
Her own near approach to absolute failure in her charge that morning made her the more punctilious now. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
He was, moreover, exceedingly proud and punctilious, and tenacious of all his privileges and dignities. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
In the midst of his pain he still maintained his punctilious resolution; but how much did that cost him!. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Ice A Novel] Reference
But he had a feeling akin to contempt for the punctilious and conventional squeamishness of polite society. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn] Reference
He did not seek to make acquaintances, but no one could help noticing his punctilious regularity and decorum. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The punctilious Italian bowed in silence but he still looked as if he should have liked to prosecute inquiry. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
Always punctilious in his dress to-day he was exceptionally spruce, his tie very new, and clothes without one crease. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
The Republic of Venice was as punctilious as any Court of Europe upon the points of precedence, ceremony, and etiquette. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
There is no part of his business with his client, in which a lawyer should be more cautious, or even punctilious, than this. From Wordnik.com. [An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition] Reference
When first they arrived in France no troops were more punctilious in practising the outward and visible evidences of discipline. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
His character was so high-toned, and even so punctilious in its regard to nice points of honor, that he was not even worldly wise. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
It would be like asking a correctly attired member who was punctilious in paying his club dues, whether he had also paid his tailor. From Wordnik.com. [By the Christmas Fire] Reference
They were as strict about the camp police as Regular Army surgeons, and as punctilious about saluting as a K.O. on "official relations.". From Wordnik.com. [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference
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