exacting
English
Adjective
exacting (comparative more exacting, superlative most exacting)
- Making excessive demands; difficult to satisfy.
- 1874, Edward Payson Roe, chapter 4, in Opening a Chestnut Burr:
- His exacting taste required no small degree of outward perfection.
- 1895, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 7, in The Stark Munro Letters:
- [H]e burst into apologies which would have satisfied a more exacting man than I am.
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- (of an action, task, etc) Requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, chapter 3, in The Man:
- Wolf's work, which, though not very exacting, had to be done single-handed, kept him to his post.
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- (of a person or organization) Characterized by exaction.
- 1850, T. S. Arthur, chapter 2, in All's For the Best:
- "He is a hard, exacting, money-loving man," was my remark.
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Synonyms
- (difficult to satisfy): demanding
- (requiring precise accuracy, effort, care, or attention): demanding, niggly, pernickety
- (characterized by exaction): acquisitive, extortionate, grasping, money-grubbing, rapacious
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