exactitude
[ig-zak-ti-tood, -tyood]
Origin of exactitude
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meticulousness, correctness, precision, carefulness, preciseness, exactness, thoroughnessExamples from the Web for exactitude
Contemporary Examples
But he shares with Foster Wallace a gift for exactitude, erudition, and moral concern.
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The idea of a competition in which exactitude and standards are paramount being decided by a Yiddish word is a little ferkakte.
Historical Examples
What shall I say of the steadiness and exactitude of his hand?
Albert DurerT. Sturge Moore
It was cut across with an exactitude of mathematical certainty.
Invaders from the InfiniteJohn Wood Campbell
Nor, it must be admitted, was she herself any pronounced stickler for exactitude.
The Magnificent MontezHorace Wyndham
Their steadiness, their swiftness and exactitude were unsurpassable.
Yet I have no doubt of the exactitude of the statement in your letter.
exactitude
- the quality of being exact; precision; accuracy
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Word Origin and History for exactitude
n.
1734, from French exactitude (17c.), from exact (see exact(adj.)).
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