punctiliously

adverb

Definition of punctiliouslynext
as in formally

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  1. formally
  2. carefully
  3. orderly
  4. systematically
Adverb
  • Market consensus now expects General Motors to be formally added to the Nasdaq 100 Index as early as December.
    — , CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026
  • With the country engaged in a multi-front war, the ultra-Orthodox — or Haredi — population wants to formally restore a broad exemption from Israel’s mandatory military service.
    — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of formally
Adverb
  • And remember to drive carefully, especially when the road narrows to a single lane.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Users should think carefully before resetting a forgotten PIN.
    — Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of carefully
Adverb
  • The man worked as a hospital orderly, according to the AP.
    — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • Policymakers have moved to keep the selloff orderly.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Definition of orderly
Adverb
  • Police arrested him again in April 2023 and started combing through the forest more systematically and exhuming mass graves.
    — Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The Embodied Neurocomputation Framework treats this as an engineering problem, systematically optimizing information entering the neural network.
    — Mike McRae October 19, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of systematically
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“Punctiliously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punctiliously. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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