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exacting
Part of speech: AdverbExactly.
Usage examples "exacting":- To the world he was rough and haughty, imperious in his commands, and exacting even in his fellowship; but to the few whom he absolutely loved, whom he had taken into his heart's core, no man ever was more tender or more gracious. - "Castle Richmond", Anthony Trollope.
- Before taking up her more interesting work, she had been granted a fortnight's leave; the exacting matron realized that the willing horse which works its hardest is one which will eventually collapse under its burden. - "There was a King in Egypt", Norma Lorimer.
- He was always up to date in the literature of his department, notwithstanding the exacting calls of his parish. - "Joy in Service; Forgetting, and Pressing Onward; Until the Day Dawn", George Tybout Purves.