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Meanings of exacting in English

Portuguese
meticuloso
Spanish
exigente

Having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures.

      meticuloso

      Severe and unremitting in making demands.

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            Examples for "fastidious"
            Examples for "fastidious"
            1
            Public arbitration would also facilitate fastidious record-keeping that would support additional reforms.
            Reuters
            2
            She became fastidious about her personal appearance and exclusive in her friendships.
            Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891
            3
            This to his proud and fastidious nature was humiliating in the extreme.
            The Dreamer: A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar All...
            4
            But of course it is natural for aristocratic minds to be fastidious.
            Elinor Wyllys; Or, The Young Folk of Longbridge: A Tale. Volume ...
            5
            It had always been easy enough, too easy for his fastidious taste.
            The Rains Came
            Usage of exacting in English
            1
            These exacting measurements would likely result in something rather delectable and desirable.
            Ebony
            2
            When they found none, they used new bricks made to exacting specifications.
            Reuters
            3
            It is clear and exacting, but in the issue it is beautiful.
            Principles of Freedom
            4
            The Indian was wasting no shots; his night eyes were exacting toll.
            The Return of Blue Pete
            5
            For many years my exacting personal needs demanded the luxury of coffee.
            My Tropic Isle
            6
            The usual big Saturday crowd was in attendance, noisy, demonstrative and exacting.
            The Redheaded Outfield, and Other Baseball Stories
            7
            It was hot and dry enough to suit the most exacting hay-maker.
            Adventures in Friendship
            8
            Each brought to life in stunning veracity and rendered with exacting detail.
            Wired
            9
            And really this spectacle was new enough to satisfy the most exacting.
            V. V.'s Eyes
            10
            The most trivial affairs were regulated by overbearing and exacting royal officials.
            A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
            11
            The same exacting nature was busy among my friends and mere acquaintance.
            Confession; Or, The Blind Heart. A Domestic Story
            12
            Musicians who have toured with him have also described him as exacting.
            The Guardian
            13
            Private nursing is exacting, and the nurse must be strong and capable.
            The Canadian Girl at Work: A Book of Vocational Guidance
            14
            No body of men has problems more intricate and exacting and difficult.
            Quiet Talks with World Winners
            15
            For I have always been very exacting and have asked very much.
            The Far Horizon
            16
            Christ is holy, meek, and forbearing; antichrist is wicked, outrageous, and exacting.
            The Riches of Bunyan: Selected from His Works
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            Translations for exacting
            Portuguese
            meticuloso
            Spanish
            exigente
            Exacting through the time
            Exacting across language varieties
            United Kingdom
            Common
            Ireland
            Common
            United States of America
            Less common