exacting
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exacting
- /ɪɡˈzæktɪŋ/
Rhymes with -æktɪŋ
adjective more exacting · most exacting
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Making great demands; difficult to satisfy.
His exacting taste required no small degree of outward perfection.
Similar: demanding
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Of an action, task, etc., requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.
Wolf's work, which, though not very exacting, had to be done single-handed, kept him to his post.
Similar: demanding, niggly, pernickety
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Of a person or organization, characterized by exaction.
"He is a hard, exacting, money-loving man," was my remark.
Similar: acquisitive, extortionate, grasping, money-grubbing, rapacious
verb
- present participle and gerund of exact
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adj making great demands; difficult to satisfy
| Español | exigente |
|---|---|
| Português | exigente |
| Français | exigeant |
| Deutsch | anspruchsvoll, wählerisch, kleinlich |
| Русский | тре́бовательный trébovatelʹnyj |
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