fastidious (adj.)

very attentive to detail

Examples

• A fastidious cook.

Key rules

• Fastidious means very attentive to detail and hard to please
• A fastidious cook, a fastidious eater
• Fastidiousness is the noun

Common mistakes

• A fastidious of cook → A fastidious cook
• He is fastidiously → He is fastidious about his food

Use cases

• Describing careful people
• Discussing cleaning standards
• Writing about cooks