Fastidiously
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Fastidiously is an adverb meaning In a fastidious manner.
Meaning
In a fastidious manner.
Example Sentences
He coughed, put on his glasses, arranged them fastidiously, coughed again, and wished something would happen to avert the seemingly inevitable exposure.
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.
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
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.
Synonyms for fastidiously
Depending on context, synonyms include painstakingly.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include painstakingly, scrupulously, meticulously, thoroughly, strictly, overfastidiously.
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