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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Punc·til·ious a.  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.
    Punctilious in the simple and intelligible instances of common life.   --I. Taylor.
 -- Punc*til*ious*ly, adv. -- Punc*til*ious*ness, n.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 punctiliously
      adv : in a punctilious manner; "he launched into a long history of
            the birth of communism, giving credit punctiliously to
            the work of Marx and Engels"