fastidious
adjective
excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please.
fastidiously
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a word derived from
fastidious.
Example Sentences
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I’m starting to forget where I left the house key, my iPhone or the ⅜-inch Craftsman ratchet wrench—unless I stick to my rule of fastidiously putting everything in its place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
The documentary also supplies a vivid portrait of the real Reubens, who worked fastidiously to prevent audiences from seeing him as his authentic self.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2025
In 1943, British colonial administrators in Bengal fastidiously avoided the word, speaking euphemistically of “the India food question.”
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2024
Meier loves to "geek out" on new things and is therefore fastidiously making drinks inside the first of two coffee shops that he owns and runs with his wife in Girona.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2024
“What is that...” said the angel fastidiously, indicating the Kendal Mint Cake.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
