punctilious

The Tory revolutionary was so punctilious and respectful of her monarch it was almost embarrassing.
Margaret Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth’s Complicated Relationship | Andrew Marr | April 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Denis Thatcher got on well with the Queen Mother, enjoyed a drink as much as she did, and was punctilious about royal protocol.
Margaret Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth’s Complicated Relationship | Andrew Marr | April 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The little boy of two, often quoted here, showed a punctilious feeling for order in the placing of things.
Children's Ways | James Sully
Never lacking natural dignity, he was not punctilious in mere matters of form.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow
As the representative of his father-in-law, Haggard asked his lordship with punctilious hospitality if he would take another peg.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James Wills

Fletcher's whole soul was possessed by a sore, jealous, punctilious patriotism.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
He was a servant and a lackey, and the punctilious gentlemen opposed to him were not inclined to cross swords with him.
The Light That Lures | Percy Brebner

British Dictionary definitions for punctilious

punctilious

/ (pʌŋkˈtɪlɪəs) /

adjective

paying scrupulous attention to correctness in etiquette
attentive to detail

Derived forms of punctilious

punctiliously, adverb
punctiliousness, noun

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