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/fɑːstˈɪdɪəsli/
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in a fastidious manner
he writes extremely musical music, of which the sound is fastidiously calculated and yet agreeably spontaneous and imaginative -
in a fastidious and painstaking manner
it is almost a waste of time painstakingly to learn the routines of selling
How To Use fastidiously In A Sentence
- The movie's unmistakable, though largely tacit theme is homosexuality in the full, unliberated postwar sense of the word - Matthew Parris said that its clenched pejorative overtone is traditionally conveyed with the long vowels fastidiously drawn out: hoa-moa-sexuality. Culture | guardian.co.uk
- The legendary T.G.V. of Bangalore University: blazingly articulate, fastidiously stylish and passionately, fatally, devoted to his students.
- Angelina Jolie wore a sturdy bra and half-slip in the 2005 film "Mr. & Mr.. Smith" -- in a scene depicting the fastidiously uncarnal nature of her life with Mr. Smith. Pardon Me, Your Slip Is Not Showing
- Dominic fastidiously slides a small bone from his mouth and deposits it on the rim of his plate.
- Joan began mopping up sauce messily with a heavily-buttered roll while Kenny fastidiously dipped slivers of unbuttered bread into his. JUST BETWEEN US
- The phalanges preternaturally straight, the knuckles pale and taut, the lunulae fastidiously cleared of cuticle, as perfect in their crescents as any moon over Arabia. Kalooki Nights
- Fair, pale, and slightly built, his clothes fastidiously neat, Filing had the appearance of a gentleman aesthete. ALL ABOUT LOVE
- In his leather bag he has an alphabetic list which he fastidiously ticks off after each visit.
- But he was very tentative, fastidiously so, letting Ruth set the pace of sprightliness and fancy, keeping up with her but never daring to go beyond her. Chapter 9
- Her still lifes, which involve random and often visually unharmonious elements, are nonetheless conscientiously and fastidiously made.
