All 3 Uses
punctilious
in
Don Quixote
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- "As for Reinaldos," replied Don Quixote, "I venture to say that he was broad-faced, of ruddy complexion, with roguish and somewhat prominent eyes, excessively punctilious and touchy, and given to the society of thieves and scapegraces.†
Chpt 2.1-2
- This much at least I cannot help telling you, that you may observe the good breeding and punctiliousness of my worthy husband.†
Chpt 2.47-48 *
- for I would have your worships know that the ladies of Aragon, though they are just as illustrious, are not so punctilious and haughty as the Castilian ladies;†
Chpt 2.49-50
Definitions:
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(1)
(punctilious) paying careful attention to details -- especially social conventions
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)