How to use "punctilious" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "punctilious" in popular movie and book plots

  • IMDb explains "A punctilious waiter at the Steak Barn is taken aback when a diner orders the vegetarian option.  - Al Dente (film)
  • In an isolated town called Vondervotteimittiss (wonder-what-time-it-is), the punctilious inhabitants seem to be concerned with nothing but clocks and cabbage.  - The Devil in the Belfry
  • Glamorous movie star Frances Fleur, whose punctilious husband Kurt von Gagern selects all her parts, will be the star.  - And So to Murder
  • She discerns, however, an ominous change in his demeanour, masked by his scrupulous, punctilious behaviour.  - The Painted Veil (novel)

Example sentences for "punctilious" in interesting articles

  • But the religion preached by its most ardent followers derives from coherent and even learned interpretations of Islam.Related Story Could ISIS Exist Without Islam? Virtually every major decision and law promulgated by the Islamic State adheres to what it calls, in its press and pronouncements, and on its billboards, license plates, stationery, and coins, “the Prophetic methodology,” which means following the prophecy and example of Muhammad, in punctilious detail.  - What ISIS Really Wants
  • A snarl, a micro-wobble of the class system: This is 1970s London, with punk rock around the corner, and the deference of the proletariat can no longer be assumed.“I have sometimes reflected,” Sisman writes a bit ruefully in his introduction to the biography, “that my unintended role has been to spoil a fund of good stories.” And indeed his investigations—conducted with the cooperation of le Carré himself, who is 84—take on now and again the character of a punctilious field officer’s debriefing of a wayward agent.  - The Double Life of John Le Carré
  • Lamont asked Leigh-Pemberton to call Schlesinger immediately, overruling Leigh-Pemberton's concern that the punctilious Bundesbanker did not like to have his dinner interrupted.After several conversations, Leigh-Pemberton reported that Schlesinger believed there was no cause for alarm.  - How Soros Broke the Pound
  • But the religion preached by its most ardent followers derives from coherent and even learned interpretations of Islam.Related Story Could ISIS Exist Without Islam? Virtually every major decision and law promulgated by the Islamic State adheres to what it calls, in its press and pronouncements, and on its billboards, license plates, stationery, and coins, “the Prophetic methodology,” which means following the prophecy and example of Muhammad, in punctilious detail.  - What ISIS Really Wants

Meaning of "punctilious" in English

  • marked by precise accordance with details
    Example
    - punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette

Meaning of "punctilious" in Hindi

  • सूक्ष्म नियमवाला
  • अत्यौपचारिक
  • सूक्ष्माचारी

Synonyms of "punctilious"

  • meticulous

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