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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|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|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

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punctilious

/ (pʌŋkˈtɪlɪəs) /

adjective

paying scrupulous attention to correctness in etiquette

attentive to detail

Derived forms of punctilious

punctiliously, adverbpunctiliousness, noun

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