Best answers for Exacting – Crossword Clue

1. Definition: 1. exhibiting courtesy and politeness; "a nice gesture"

View more information about nice

1. Definition: 1. dispassionate; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer";

View more information about hard

1. Definition: 1. affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money"; "a tight market"

View more information about tight

1. Definition: 1. not yet payable; "an undue loan"

View more information about undue

1. Definition: 1. a cruel and brutal fellow

View more information about tough

1. Definition: 1. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"

View more information about spiny

1. Definition: 1. having a sharp inclination; "the steep attic stairs"; "steep cliffs"

View more information about steep

1. Definition: 1. (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners"

View more information about rough

1. Definition: 1. incapable of or resistant to bending;

View more information about rigid

1. Definition: 1. severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"

View more information about stern

1. Definition: 1. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"

View more information about thorny

1. Definition: 1. not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"

View more information about taxing

1. Definition: 1. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul"

View more information about subtle

1. Definition: 1. not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee

View more information about tricky

1. Definition: 1. a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

View more information about strait

1. Definition: 1. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;

View more information about severe

1. Definition: 1. sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"

View more information about rugged

1. Definition: 1. severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"

View more information about strict

1. Definition: 1. put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"

View more information about trying

1. Definition: 1. the upward slope of a hill

View more information about uphill

1. Definition: 1. compelling immediate action; "too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair"

View more information about urgent

1. Definition: 1. intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality;

View more information about wicked

1. Definition: 1. make more complex, intricate, or richer;

View more information about refined

1. Definition: 1. excessively fat; "a weighty man"

View more information about weighty

1. Definition: 1. practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"

View more information about spartan

1. Definition: 1. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"

View more information about precise

1. Definition: 1. not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"

View more information about onerous

1. Definition: 1. exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

View more information about prudish

1. Definition: 1. having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; "an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock"

View more information about arrogant

1. Definition: 1. rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian"

View more information about rigorous

1. Definition: 1. acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed; "she expected guests to be punctual at meals"; "he is not a particularly punctual person"; "punctual payment"

View more information about punctual

1. Definition: 1. difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"

View more information about ticklish

View more information about toilsome

1. Definition: 1. exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

View more information about priggish

View more information about pressing

1. Definition: 1. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"

View more information about usurious

View more information about puristic

View more information about religious

View more information about sensitive

1. Definition: 1. demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety measures"

View more information about stringent

1. Definition: 1. not forbearing; ruthless; "an unsparing critic"

View more information about unsparing

View more information about spiraling

1. Definition: 1. excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"

View more information about squeamish

1. Definition: 1. devoid of feeling or sensation; "unfeeling trees"

View more information about unfeeling

1. Definition: 1. tending to select; characterized by careful choice; "an exceptionally quick and selective reader"- John Mason Brown

View more information about selective

1. Definition: 1. characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"

View more information about scrupulous

1. Definition: 1. tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price was prohibitive"

View more information about prohibitive

View more information about puritanical

View more information about unwarranted

1. Definition: 1. marked by precise accordance with details; "meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette"

View more information about punctilious

1. Definition: 1. incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"

View more information about preposterous

View more information about skyrocketing

1. Definition: 1. beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands"

View more information about unreasonable

View more information about unconscionable

View more information about superincumbent