exacting

About 1.63 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Making great demands; difficult to satisfy.
2. adjective Of an action, task, etc., requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.
3. adjective Of a person or organization, characterized by exaction.
4. verb present participle and gerund of exact

Similar words

fastidious exigent demanding strict stern ambitious picky rigorous tough stringent

Often followed by

and in a standards than the demands from of

Word family

exactingly exactingness exactingnesses