MEANING
Demanding a high standard of care, skill, or effort.
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- exacting task
- exacting critic
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The exacting critic noticed the seam no one else had seen.
Restoring the small instrument proved an exacting task.
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- exacting
Usage notes
Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Comparative more exacting; superlative most exacting where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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