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punctilious

\puhnk-TIL-ee-uhs\ , adjective;
1.Strictly attentive to the details of form in action or conduct; precise; exact in the smallest particulars.
形容词 a.
1.精密细心的;一丝不苟的
2.拘谨的

Quotes:
The convert who is more punctilious in his new faith than the lifelong communicant is a familiar figure in Catholic lore.
~Patrick Allit, Catholic Converts
Nicholas showed us his butterfly collection. He had done a splendid job of spreading them (better than I ever have, let alone at his age). I tried to impress upon him the need for punctilious labeling, a tedious business that raises a butterfly from a mere curio to a specimen of scientific value.
~Robert Michael Pyle, Chasing Monarchs
Cooper had always been very punctilious about observing the rules laiddown in the . . . brochure.
~Josef Skvorecky, Two Murders in My Double Life

Origin:
Punctilious derives from Late Latin punctillum, "a little point," from Latin punctum, "a point," from pungere, "to prick."