Punctiliously he opened doors, placed chairs, bowed; punctiliously he stood when the lady stood, sat when the lady sat, met her requests for small services with composure and appreciation.
As we entered our carriage we touched our helmets to the previous occupants—a salute which was punctiliously returned by everyone present.
Rickshas go by bearing officers of every army, punctiliously saluting all other wearers of epaulettes they pass.
The child marched out, punctiliously closing the door.
As he took off his hat, punctiliously returning the coachee's salute, he showed a round, bald head, fringed around the base by a curly margin of rich brown hair.
Layton walked punctiliously at his side till he reached the boat, neither uttering a word; and thus they parted.
Punctiliously polite, the countess and her son came upstairs presently to conduct their unfortunate guests with solemn ceremony to the banquet which was spread below.
Yet why should thepunctiliously upright dowager be possessed by so dire a visitation?
Hetty addressed her in the punctiliously formal tone of one who intends to be cheerfully familiar with you in the second round.
He arose and shook hands punctiliously with each member of the committee.
He refrained sopunctiliously from staring at them, that they were able to steal a few glances themselves.
In the moment of alarm it even occurred to her--because she attended church punctiliously every Sunday--that the disaster would be a fitting punishment for the sin she was committing in stifling her better instincts.
This day was punctiliously set apart in our house.
He saluted it punctiliouslywith fingertips and lips.
Pausing a little ways within the room, the fellow clicked heels and bowed punctiliously in Continental fashion, from the hips.
For that elaborate code, which had kept Lord Melbourne stiff upon the sofa and ranged the other guests in silence about the round table according to the order of precedence, was as punctiliously enforced as ever.
I shall punctiliously execute all your orders, and have only to ask further when I am to set off?
I like very much to have my orders and commissions executed punctiliously and exactly, and this Herr von Marwitz has done, for I had bidden him to leave no means untried whereby the Electoral Prince might be induced to leave Holland.
I hope you have forgotten nothing, and that you will punctiliously execute every command.
If we examine the Constitution, we shall find the expressions, relative to this subject, cautiously expressed, and more punctiliously guarded than any other part.
He was punctiliously neat in his dress; a thin youthful figure, crowned with a thick youthful wig.
He made a mental note that if ever he possessed a car of his own and came to this wall, he would comply punctiliously with the request upon the first board and so earn the right to read the second.
Seeing a car in front of him at a standstill, he slowed down punctiliously and glanced in an enquiring fashion at its occupants as he slid past.
Having made up his mind to stand by he did it thoroughly, perhaps the more punctiliously because in his heart he loathed the whole business and wished he were well out of it.
Larry never failed his appointments, met every obligation invariably as punctiliously as if for professional purposes he was operated by clock work.
We must punctiliously obey every dictate that speaks in our own consciences, especially when it urges us to unwelcome duties or restrains us from too welcome sins.
The judge sat in proper form; he was punctiliously styled "my lord.
This principle became more and more generally the rule, although it has never been punctiliously observed.
Always a careful and punctiliously neat person, he was more than commonly exacting concerning the make and polish of his boots and the set of his trousers.
