exactingly

In demanding fashion

In an exacting manner—with rigorous attention to detail and high standards.

The word describes how demanding tasks are performed or how stringent expectations are applied: The restoration was exactingly documented at every stage.

It often implies painstaking effort: She exactingly reviewed each line of code.

precision

meticulously

With extreme care

thoroughly · carefully · precisely · accurately · minutely · stringently · punctiliously · fastidiously · methodically · systematically

demanding

unforgivingly

Without offering pardon

strictly · harshly · sternly · rigorously · critically · unsparing · unyielding · perfectionist · taskmaster · grueling

Opposites
standards/rigor

exactinglyleniently

With tolerance, not severity

indulgently · permissively · laxly · tolerantly · loosely

effort/difficulty

exactinglyeasily

Without difficulty

effortlessly · simply · lightly · breezily · painlessly

intensity of effort/difficulty

exactinglyeasily

Without difficulty

effortlessly · carelessly · casually · calmly · loosely

Family

exacting

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