0 very careful to behave correctly or to give attention to details:
He was always punctilious in his manners.
In effect the ' transition costs ' have not been openly faced, as the more punctilious pension ' reformers ' used to insist they should be.
Within this restricted focus, however, the editors have been punctilious in including a wide range of topics and disciplines.
In this, he is punctilious and extremely illuminating.
I believe that we were punctilious in the fairness of our approach.
He is usually a most punctilious attender in debates and speaks when the demands of the party opposite make that necessary.
I am sure that they were punctilious in their observance of the codes of conduct.
I thought he was particularly punctilious in disclosing that interest, since it is in no sense a personal or financial interest.
The important thing when one is dealing with these matters of conditions of service is to be punctilious in looking after them.
