exactingness

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ex·act·ing (

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adj.

1. Making severe demands; rigorous: an exacting instructor.

2. Requiring great care, effort, or attention: an exacting task. See Synonyms at burdensome.

ex·acting·ly adv.

ex·acting·ness n.

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exactingness

n because of his exactingness as a teacher → da er ein so anspruchsvoller Lehrer ist

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She was oppressed by ennui, and by that dissatisfaction which in women's minds is continually turning into a trivial jealousy, referring to no real claims, springing from no deeper passion than the vague exactingness of egoism, and yet capable of impelling action as well as speech.

Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context

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