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adjectiverigid or severe in demands or requirements: an exacting teacher. requiring close application or attention: an exacting task. given to or characterized by exaction; extortionate. Origin of exactingFirst recorded in 1575–85; exact + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM exactingex·act·ing·ly, adverbex·act·ing·ness, nounnon·ex·act·ing, adjectivenon·ex·act·ing·ly, adverb non·ex·act·ing·ness, nouno·ver·ex·act·ing, adjectivesu·per·ex·act·ing, adjectiveun·ex·act·ing, adjective Words nearby exactingexacerbate, exacerbation, exact, exacta, exact differential, exacting, exaction, exactitude, exactly, exact science, exacum Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for exactingQualification is exacting, and a majority of the teams that do qualify are from the West. Best Way to Punish Putin? No World Cup|Tunku Varadarajan|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST Brazier was feared for her ferocious tempers and respected for her exacting standards. The Queen of the French Kitchen|Katie Baker|March 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST Munro is a great writer; a wise writer; a free and brave, exacting, transformative, generous, and profoundly discreet writer. Alice Munro, Cinderella Story|Gish Jen|October 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST But exacting concessions from the mediator is not the point. Jonathan Pollard Means Israeli-American Squabbling Instead of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiation|Raphael Magarik|July 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But legal justice, no less moral or exacting, is something else. My First Autopsy Report: Excerpt From David Berg’s ‘Run, Brother, Run’`|David Berg|June 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST Like all men of commanding sense and character, he was exacting. Throckmorton|Molly Elliot Seawell She was silent save when she was irritable, indifferent except when exacting. Res Judicat|Augustine Birrell These revolutions worked themselves simply from day to day, as taste became more pronounced and exacting. The Printed Book|Henri Bouchot Vaudrey's predecessor, Monsieur Pichereau, was exacting, close-fisted. His Excellency the Minister|Jules Claretie No, my boys, you don't find me going in for the angel in the house—she's too exacting. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science, April 1875, Vol. XV., No. 88|Various
British Dictionary definitions for exacting
adjectivemaking rigorous or excessive demandsan exacting job Derived forms of exactingexactingly, adverbexactingness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to exactingprecise, onerous, stringent, harsh, imperious, strict, painstaking, rigorous, rigid, trying, taxing, burdensome, careful, critical, difficult, exigent, finicky, fussy, grievous, hard |