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punctiliously

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punc·til·i·ous  (pngk-tl-s)
adj.
1. Strictly attentive to minute details of form in action or conduct. See Synonyms at meticulous.
2. Precise; scrupulous.
punc·tili·ous·ly adv.
punc·tili·ous·ness n.
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Adv.1.punctiliously - in a punctilious manner; "he launched into a long history of the birth of communism, giving credit punctiliously to the work of Marx and Engels"
Translations
punctiliously [pʌŋkˈtɪlɪəslɪ] ADV → de modo puntilloso
punctiliously
adv → korrekt; (= scrupulously, fastidiously) (+vb) → peinlich genau; (+adj) → peinlich; correct → höchst; he was punctiliously polite to his mother-in-law → er war äußerst korrekt gegenüber seiner Schwiegermutter
punctiliously [pʌŋkˈtɪlɪəslɪ] adv → scrupolosamente, meticolosamente
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