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Word entry · 8 letters

exacting

Best crossword clue

"Very demanding"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ɪɡˈzæktɪŋ/Part of speech adjectiveSorted acegintxStarts with EEnds with G1 cluesCommon crossword word
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"Very demanding"2 answers
exacting8 lettersstrenuous9 letters

Filled answer is this word (EXACTING).

Definitions

  1. requiring precise accuracy

Word origin

From exact + -ing.

Used in a sentence

  • His exacting taste required no small degree of outward perfection.
  • [H]e burst into apologies which would have satisfied a more exacting man than I am.
  • [Canadian Prime Minister] Mr. [Mark] Carney was the exacting governor of the Bank of Canada during the 2008 financial crisis, and the levelheaded governor of the Bank of England during Brexit.

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