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 of
divine laws.''
--Rogers. ``Very punctilious copies of any
letters.''
--The Nation.
Punctilious in the simple and intelligible instances of
common life.
--I. Taylor.
[1913 Webster] -- Punc*til"ious*ly, adv. --
Punc*til"ious*ness, n.
Wiktionary
adv. In a punctilious manner.
WordNet
adv. 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"
Usage examples of "punctiliously".
He escorted him through the corridors to a gallery, where a fair sprinking of gentlemen were gathered, and presented him punctiliously to all who were present.
She never failed to visit a residence that lay on her road, and as soon as she arrived at a place she inquired punctiliously whether there were any fine countryseats in the neighbourhood.
The requirements of custom were punctiliously observed by Miss Lizzie Bettie, and though two months had passed since the death of her father she had paid no visits to friends or relatives, and this first one was now being made in the expectation of a talk alone with Mrs.
Each king or dignitary was punctiliously saluted according to his rank, which in India is determined by the number of guns that may be fired in his honor.
She did restore the choir of the Chapel Royal, where mass was said daily from 8 August 1553, and punctiliously observed the old pre-Reformation traditions, such as appointing a Lord of Misrule at Yuletide, or creeping to the Cross and blessing cramp rings on Good Friday, as well as touching sufferers of scrofula, the 'King's Evil', to effect a miraculous cure.