exacting

English

Etymology

exact + -ing

Adjective

exacting (comparative more exacting, superlative most exacting)

  1. 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.
  2. (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.
  3. (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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exacting

  1. present participle of exact

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