fastidiously
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a fastidious manner.
Example Sentences
- "You know me, Sir! cried Susannah fastidiously, and with a toss of her head,—levelled evidently, not at his profession, but at the doctor himself,—you know me! cried Susannah again."
- "He coughed, put on his glasses, arranged them fastidiously, coughed again, and wished something would happen to avert the seemingly inevitable exposure."
- "While the French emissary fastidiously avoided evoking the 1925 negotiations, given the Marshal's vehemently negative sentiments on the subject, Pilsudski promptly saw through the French move to locarnize the treaty."
- "2012, Gardner Dozois, The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 13, Constable & Robinson Ltd, link She shuddered fastidiously at the idea of being a Christian instead of a godsfearing Roman pagan and changed the subject"
Etymology
Etymology tree English fastidious Middle English -ly English -ly English fastidiously From fastidious + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more fastidiously (comparative)
most fastidiously (superlative)