exacting
adjective
rigid or severe in demands or requirements.
exactingness
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a word derived from
exacting.
Example Sentences
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His exactingness and workaholism have given the franchise an uplift that is hard to measure but undeniably impactful.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2020
For the prettiest thing in Rosy was her love for her little brother, only it was often spoilt by her exactingness.
From Rosy by Mrs. Molesworth
In the second we find a jealousy which has no love in it; which means the exactingness of self-love, and the tyranny of possession.
From A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Mrs. Sutherland Orr
There is a faculty of the human mind to which phrenologists have given the name of Ideality, which is at the foundation of this exactingness.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 by Various
They passed from bedrooms to the kitchen and scullery, and there Ann displayed an intelligent exactingness that won the expressed admiration of the architect.
From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
