All 3 Uses of
punctilious
in
Don Quixote
- "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 *
- I may tell you my lady the duchess is so unpretending and unassuming that, not to speak of sending to beg for acorns from a peasant woman, she has been known to send to ask for the loan of a comb from one of her neighbours; 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; they treat people with greater familiarity.†
Chpt 2.49-50
Definition:
paying careful attention to details -- especially social conventions