Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a fastidious manner.
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- adverb In a
fastidious manner
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a fastidious manner
- adverb in a fastidious and painstaking manner
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Examples
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Considerate far beyond my tender years, I recall fastidiously returning a tray of Tinker Toys, while that pesky Rachel Sills was no doubt just running around the room aimlessly and recklessly like your typical 5-year-old.
All the Men and Women Merely Players (RIP Paul Sills 1927-2008) | clusterflock 2008
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Creating this kind of fastidiously conceived, rigorously executed parallel universe is tricky stuff.
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But it's exactly the kind of fastidiously prepared yet surprisingly uncomplicated dish that features on the haute cuisine course at celebrity chef Alain Ducasse's new l'Ecole de Cuisine in Paris.
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Jerusalem would be tortuously but fastidiously divided, allowing each side to have its capital there, with international oversight of the holy places.
Matthew Yglesias » American Public Prepared to Support Israel in Endless War With Arabs 2010
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Jerusalem would be tortuously but fastidiously divided, allowing each side to have its capital there, with international oversight of the holy places.
Matthew Yglesias » American Public Prepared to Support Israel in Endless War With Arabs 2010
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Toward that end, Sahner, an amateur photographer, created nyc-grid, a photo blog that fastidiously documents the city block-by-block.
New York Block-By-Block: The Best Of NYC Grid (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The upscale contemporary kitchen with its gleaming surfaces and fastidiously fitted units is not for me.
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With the eyes of the world on Chile's no-expense-spared effort to ensure all the men emerge unharmed, the miners 'physical and mental health was being fastidiously monitored.
Chile Mine Rescue: Tense Final Hours Ahead For Chilean Miners The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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When Japanese art star Hiroshi Sugimoto decided to turn a room upstairs from his airy, fastidiously neat Chelsea studio into a traditional tea house, where he would put his own unique performance-art spin on the ancient tea ceremony, he didn't forget his sense of humor.
Artist Curates Tea for a Few Julie L. Belcove 2011
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The chef chooses and cares for his knives fastidiously.
For a Cutting Edge, Care for Your Knives Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan 2011
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