Exacting Definition

ĭg-zăktĭng
adjective
Making severe or excessive demands; not easily satisfied; strict.
An exacting teacher.
Webster's New World
Demanding great care, patience, effort, etc.; arduous.
An exacting job.
Webster's New World
Requiring precise accuracy.
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verb

Present participle of exact.

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Origin of Exacting

  • From exact + -ing

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Exacting Sentence Examples

  • These exacting tasks did not absorb all his energies.

  • Howie described the car, license plate, and man in exacting detail.

  • Every child dreams of slaying dragons, hitting the game-winning homerun, rescuing the oppressed and exacting justice on the villain.

  • But yes, it was very interesting work, quite exacting, you know.

  • His own standards of research were so exacting that he published far less than he should have done.

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EEXEXA

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