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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespontualidade
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /põ.tu.a.liˈda.dʒi/
"A pontualidade dele com os detalhes é notável."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Great attention to detail, precision, and correct behavior or etiquette.
"Her punctiliousness in checking the financial records prevented a major auditing error." - 2
The quality of meticulous adherence to rules and formalities.
"The editor's punctiliousness ensured that every single hyphen and comma was correctly placed."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Italian punctiglio (meaning a fine point or minor detail), which entered English in the 17th century via Spanish puntillo. Over time, the suffix -ous and -ness were added to describe the quality of being extremely attentive to accuracy, details, and etiquette, reminiscent of carefully dotting every 'i' and crossing every 't'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Punctiliousness" is said worldwide
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ponctualité
Transliteration: /pɔ̃k.tɥa.li.te/
"Sa ponctualité et sa rigueur ont impressionné toute l'équipe."
Akribie
Transliteration: /a.kʁiˈbiː/
"Mit großer Akribie untersuchte er das Manuskript."
puntigliosità
Transliteration: /pun.ti.ʎo.ziˈta/
"La sua puntigliosità nel lavoro è leggendaria."
puntillosidad
Transliteration: /pun.ti.ʝo.siˈdad/
"Actuó con gran puntillosidad en la redacción del contrato."
pontualidade
Transliteration: /põ.tu.a.liˈda.dʒi/
"A pontualidade dele com os detalhes é notável."
सूक्ष्मता
Transliteration: sukshmatā
"उनके काम में अत्यधिक सूक्ष्मता दिखाई देती है।"
一丝不苟
Transliteration: yī sī bù gǒu
"他对工作的严谨和一丝不苟令人赞叹。"
꼼꼼함
Transliteration: ggom-ggom-ham
"그의 업무 처리 방식은 매우 꼼꼼하다."
細心
Transliteration: saishin
"彼の細心な注意力がミスを防いだ。"
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