Exactitude
What it means
Great accuracy, precision, and care in work or thought.
Reach for it when praising disciplined precision across a demanding task
The conservator recorded every color change with exactitude.
Words to choose between 6
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playful
spot-on precision
Fits when informal praise of a result is appropriate
Careful The phrase is emphatic, redundant, and unsuitable for technical reporting.
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everyday
accuracy
Fits when closeness to the correct value matters
Careful Accuracy can occur once by chance and lacks exactitude's disciplined manner.
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professional
Fits when fine repeatability or specificity is central
Careful Precision can be consistently wrong and does not include truth or care.
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professional
rigor
Fits when a method is thorough and logically controlled
Careful Rigor is broader and can apply without fine numerical precision.
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formal
Fits when close attention to every detail is visible
Careful Meticulousness can become inefficient and does not guarantee correctness.
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formal
scrupulous care
Fits when moral conscientiousness joins accuracy
Careful Scrupulous care adds an ethical shade not required by exactitude.
Opposites 4
- inaccuracy
- sloppiness
- imprecision
- carelessness
Common phrases 3
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with exactitude
Each specimen was measured with exactitude and documented twice.
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scientific exactitude
The reconstruction balances scientific exactitude with readable interpretation.
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demand exactitude
The miniature joints demand exactitude from every craftsperson.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Vealhurl, Southern England accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated