(adv) in a punctilious manner, Example: he launched into a long history of the birth of communism, giving credit punctiliously to the work of Marx and Engels
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n.; pl.Punctilios [ It. puntiglio, or Sp. puntillo, dim. fr. L. punctum point. See Point, n. ] A nice point of exactness in conduct, ceremony, or proceeding; particularity or exactness in forms; as, the punctilios of a public ceremony. [ 1913 Webster ]
They will not part with the least punctilio in their opinions and practices. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. It. puntiglioso, Sp. puntilloso. ] Attentive to punctilio; very nice or exact in the forms of behavior, etiquette, or mutual intercourse; precise; exact in the smallest particulars. “A punctilious observance of divine laws.” Rogers. “Very punctilious copies of any letters.” The Nation. [ 1913 Webster ]
Punctilious in the simple and intelligible instances of common life. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
-- Punc*til"ious*ly, adv. -- Punc*til"ious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]
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