Usually means: Strict attention to minute details.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word punctiliousness:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. punctiliousness: Merriam-Webster
  2. punctiliousness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. punctiliousness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. punctiliousness: Vocabulary.com
  5. punctiliousness: Wordnik
  6. punctiliousness: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. punctiliousness: Wiktionary
  8. punctiliousness: Dictionary.com
  9. punctiliousness: Rhymezone
  10. punctiliousness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. punctiliousness: FreeDictionary.org
  12. punctiliousness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. punctiliousness: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. punctiliousness: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (punctiliousness)

▸ noun:  The act or state of being punctilious; strict attention to detail.

Similar:
meticulousness, scrupulousness, punctiliosity, particularity, painstakingness, punctualness, punctuality, exactitude, thoroughness, precision, more...

Opposite:
carelessness, negligence, sloppiness

Adjectives:
such, extreme, great, utmost, same, excessive, usual, certain, much, rigid, scrupulous

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Similar:
meticulousness, scrupulousness, punctiliosity, particularity, painstakingness, punctualness, punctuality, exactitude, thoroughness, precision, more...

Opposite:
carelessness, negligence, sloppiness

Adjectives:
such, extreme, great, utmost, same, excessive, usual, certain, much, rigid, scrupulous



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