Search for crossword answers and clues
Strict attention to minute details
Answer for the clue "Strict attention to minute details ", 15 letters:
punctiliousness
Word definitions for punctiliousness in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. strict attention to minute details [syn: meticulousness , meticulosity , scrupulousness ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act or state of being punctilious; strict attention to detail.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Punctilious \Punc*til"ious\ (-y[u^]s), a. [Cf. It. puntiglioso, Sp. puntilloso.] Attentive to punctilio; very nice or exact in the forms of behavior, etiquette, or mutual intercourse; precise; exact in the smallest particulars. ``A punctilious observance ...
Usage examples of punctiliousness.
Our Balts, for example, are known for their honesty and punctiliousness, so they constitute most of our estate managers, accountants, clerks.
And since at Tattersalls and the Stock Exchange, where men are engaged in perpetual motion, an almost absurd punctiliousness is required in the payment of those sums which have for the moment inadvertently been lost, seventeen hundred and ninety-five of this must infallibly be raised by Monday next.