punctilious
punc·ti·lious
adjective
1.
marked by precise accordance with details
- “was worryingly meticulous about trivial details”
- “punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette”
Origin
From punctilio (“fine point in exactness of conduct”) + -ous.
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