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fastidious

Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail; excessively particular.

GRESAT

Example

The fastidious editor caught errors that had eluded three previous reviewers of the manuscript.

Synonyms

meticulousscrupulouspunctiliousprecisepicky

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