Definitionn. a fine point of etiquette or petty formality
Last update: July 14, 2015
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The law of course was clear that the "punctilio which swordsmen falsely do call honour" was no excuse for wilful murder. [Please select]
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Never did a more foolish punctilio bring about so terrible a result. [Please select]
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The Commandant sorted and piled up the papers, offering the stools with drawing-room punctilio. [Please select]
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A punctilio must not lose Christendom the services of these experienced lances, because their victories have rendered them overweening. [Please select]
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It was the shadow of the old Japan of castes and spies and censors, of homage and _hara-kiri_, of punctilio and porcelain. [Please select]
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Leaving his companion to stare, he advanced towards Captain Runacles and saluted him with punctilio. [Please select]
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Rand lifted his hat, and Fairfax Cary answered the salute with cold punctilio, but the two Churchills, the one with a red, the other with a stony countenance, ignored their nephew-in-law. [Please select]
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