Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Exacting.
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Examples
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Un programme si rigoureusement exigeant qu'il suffit de se laisser aller quelques jours pour se retrouver en jachère.
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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Un programme si rigoureusement exigeant qu'il suffit de se laisser aller quelques jours pour se retrouver en jachère.
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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Un programme si rigoureusement exigeant qu'il suffit de se laisser aller quelques jours pour se retrouver en jachère.
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Un programme si rigoureusement exigeant qu'il suffit de se laisser aller quelques jours pour se retrouver en jachère.
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Un programme si rigoureusement exigeant qu'il suffit de se laisser aller quelques jours pour se retrouver en jachère.
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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She was never pert, never exigeant, never romantic, and never humble.
The Claverings 2005
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She could not do otherwise than accept him, for he was rich, and she had nothing; but he turns out ill – tempered and exigeant, and wants a young woman, a beautiful young woman of five – and – twenty, to be as steady as himself.
Mansfield Park 2004
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I was fastidious, exigeant, you understand, with a thousand francs in my pocket.
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Our Colonel, in writing to Lady Albury, had declared Aldershot to be a most exigeant place — by which he had intended to imply that his professional cares were too heavy to allow his frequent absence; but nevertheless he would contrive occasionally to fly up to London for a little relief.
Ayala's Angel 2004
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He was, moreover, suspicious of neglect, and vindictive when neglected; querulous of others, and intolerant of reproof himself; exigeant among men, and more than politely flattering among women.
La Vend�e 2004
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