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fastidious
very demanding about standards
A fastidious person pays extremely careful attention to details and expects things to be done perfectly.
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Why did the project take so long?
The client was fastidious about every small detail.
My manager is fastidious about the formatting of every report.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: My manager is fastidious for every detail.
Say: My manager is fastidious about every detail.
The usual preposition after “fastidious” when naming what someone attends to is “about.”
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How it fits in a sentence.
be fastidious about something; a fastidious person
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My manager is fastidious about the formatting of every report.
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fastidious
very demanding about standards
“My manager is fastidious about the formatting of every report.”
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