What does fastidiously mean?
Fastidiously means In a fastidious manner..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a fastidious manner..
2012, Gardner Dozois, The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 13, Constable & Robinson Ltd, link She shuddered fastidiously at the idea of being a Christian instead of a godsfearing Roman pagan and changed the subject
You know me, Sir! cried Susannah fastidiously, and with a toss of her head,—levelled evidently, not at his profession, but at the doctor himself,—you know me! cried Susannah again.
He coughed, put on his glasses, arranged them fastidiously, coughed again, and wished something would happen to avert the seemingly inevitable exposure.
While the French emissary fastidiously avoided evoking the 1925 negotiations, given the Marshal's vehemently negative sentiments on the subject, Pilsudski promptly saw through the French move to locarnize the treaty.
Use fastidiously when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fastidiously means In a fastidious manner..
Common synonyms include painstakingly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
2012, Gardner Dozois, The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 13, Constable & Robinson Ltd, link She shuddered fastidiously at the idea of being a Christian instead of a godsfearing Roman pagan and changed the subject
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