PUNCTILIOUSNESS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

punctiliousness

noun

Definition of punctiliousness

as in responsibility

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Recent Examples of punctiliousness Censori has the punctiliousness of a Capricorn—her birthday is January 5—but her moon speaks to her artistic, sensitive side. — Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 6 Feb. 2026

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Noun

Handle one visible fix, share one responsibility, or set up tomorrow’s essentials.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2026
For smaller practices, the development of digital outreach often takes place alongside patient care and routine administrative responsibilities.

— Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of responsibility

Noun

In her depiction of the exhausting vigilance this reality required, through a second-person voice cannily implicating her reader, Rankine created a new language to identify a problem as old as the United States.

— Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
Mental health can change quickly, so constant vigilance is important.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of vigilance

Noun

The alertness of adults (parents and lawmakers) as well as more mature teens to private sector accountability helps.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2026
To achieve this, the locus coeruleus continuously alternates between tonic activity—governing baseline arousal and alertness—and brief phasic bursts that focus attention on critical events.

— Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of alertness

Noun

Long before mindfulness became a defining element of luxury hospitality, Miraval Arizona was there with insights and solutions.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026
My work has explored how technology can help measure and promote these connections for better health, such as by tracking activity through wearables or delivering mindfulness training through mobile apps.

— Masha Remskar, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of mindfulness

Noun

Its architecture could contribute to future efforts involving inexpensive rockets produced in much larger quantities.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
Poor Anton has been left out of the drama all day, an effort by Billie and Samir to prevent an already bad futzing from escalating to something severe, and that’s never where Anton likes to be.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

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