exacting
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Synonyms
choosy (or choosey), dainty, delicate, demanding, fastidious, finical, finicking, finicky, fussbudgety, fussy, nice, old-maidish, particular, pernickety [chiefly British], persnickety, picky
Antonyms
undemanding, unfastidious, unfussy
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Its exacting, creepy visual style, coupled with outstanding performances (particularly from Toni Collette), signaled a strong new voice in horror. — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, "Ari Aster on his new film Midsommar: âI keep telling people I want it to be confusingâ," 2 July 2019 The owner, Fredrick Sennie, makes everything fresh, to his exacting standards, in the compact kitchen. — Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, "Four Hours: Celebrating African American culture in Leimert Park," 23 Aug. 2019 An almost-mystical particularity can result from the accumulation of exacting and unexpected details. — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, "Eric Carle Museum explores the enchanted world of childrenâs book master Peter SĂs," 22 Aug. 2019 Instead, Corellium has simply copied everything: the code, the graphical user interface, the iconsâall of it, in exacting detail. — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, "Apple sues company that sells âperfect replicasâ of iOS without a license," 16 Aug. 2019 Celeste no longer has to keep her house decorated and cleaned to Perryâs exacting standards. — Jessica Roy, latimes.com, "For âBig Little Liesâ fans, the aesthetic is as much of a draw as the drama," 15 Mar. 2017 After his most impressive victories, Saban wonât hesitate to list the errors his team made and describe them in exacting detail, seemingly ignoring the fact the Crimson Tide just achieved an overwhelmingly positive result. — Rainer Sabin | [email protected], al.com, "Will Nick Saban rein in Tua Tagovailoa this season?," 23 July 2019 Tarantino also fully re-creates late â60s Hollywood in exacting detail. — Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, "Quentin Tarantino juggles glamour and gore in the compelling âOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodâ," 23 July 2019 Their exacting culinary methods cultivated an aura around the food. — Suyin Haynes, Time, "Fights Over 'Authentic' Chinese Food Have a Long and Complicated History. Now They're Tearing the Culinary World Apart," 8 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'exacting.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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