punctiliously

adverb

Definition of punctiliouslynext
as in formally

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  1. formally
  2. carefully
  3. orderly
  4. systematically
Adverb
  • Last week, Wilkinson formally joined Paramount’s defense team, which until now has been helmed by Kessler.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Blanche will still be able to serve as acting attorney general while senators are on vacation, if he isn’t formally confirmed before.
    — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of formally
Adverb
  • After securing Swift in its grasp, LINK will carefully fire its three ion thrusters, aiming to boost the observatory back to its original orbit over the course of two to three months.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The Voyagers have been skirting this dismal fate for years now, with NASA engineers carefully monitoring each spacecraft’s power supplies and plotting out when to turn off individual instruments to keep the missions going as long as possible.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 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
  • That allows hackers to systematically guess those phrases and then drain crypto wallets.
    — Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Trump has systematically starved Social Security of funds for customer service, a cynical effort to make this all-important program seem more burdensome to the seniors who rely on it.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of systematically
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“Punctiliously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punctiliously. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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