fastidiousness
- a word derived from fastidious.
Example Sentences
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The overwhelming public perception of OCD is that it is an obsession with cleaning, tidying and symmetry, a fastidiousness seen in characters like Monica Geller from Friends.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
That fastidiousness has not stopped the lexical war over his work in recent months, as judges across the country read opposite meanings into “rebellion.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
CHERNIHIV, Ukraine — It was Yulia Hrebnyeva’s fastidiousness that saved the lives of her family.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2022
In matters of law, however, isn’t fastidiousness — concern for accuracy and detail — what you want?
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2022
She remembers her husband’s fastidiousness, his war against germs.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
