释义 |
puncˈtiliousness [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality or character of being punctilious; scrupulous attentiveness to small points of conduct.
1685Gracian's Courtiers Orac. 168 Punctiliousness is tiresome. There are whole Nations sick of that Nicety. 1838Miss Maitland Lett. fr. Madras xxi. (1843) 218 He is a good man, but gives great offence by his punctiliousness about minor matters. 1882Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. ii. vi. 252 They had their periods of outward repentance and ceremonial punctiliousness. |