3
hard-working(adjective, thorough, meticulous, painstaking)
3
hypercritical(adjective, demanding, meticulous, fussy, discriminating)
3
narrow
3
orderly
3
overscrupulous(adjective, careful, finicky)
3
persevering(adjective, thorough, meticulous, painstaking)
3
refined(good, superior, modest, polite, sophisticated)
3
responsible(adjective, careful, thorough, meticulous)
3
subtle(superior, sophisticated, advanced)
3
thoroughgoing(adjective, thorough, meticulous, painstaking)
2
active
2
authentic(adjective, sound, correct, solid, exact)
2
authoritarian(adjective, tough, severe, firm, harsh)
2
comme il faut(expression, idiom, good, modest, polite)
2
complete(adjective, careful, sure, thorough, valid)
2
conforming(good, modest, polite, suitable, acceptable)
2
de rigueur(expression, good, modest, polite, prim)
2
defined(adjective, close, correct, solid, exact)
2
devoted(adjective, good, moral, upright, virtuous)
2
devout(good, sound, correct, right, proper)
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