What does the word exacting mean?
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Exaction.
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Making unreasonable demands; taxing.
Part of speech: noun
Part of speech: adjective
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Usage examples for exacting
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And he had been near her, near as a comrade, in imagination, with his ready suggestions of how to play her part in its most exacting moments! – The Last Shot by Frederick Palmer
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Selfish, exacting, irritable- he knew very well that he was all three. – Elizabeth's Campaign by Mrs. Humphrey Ward
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It should, however, even in business be done sparingly, as it is a matter of personal friendship, usually, and as no one has a right to make numerous or exacting demands upon one's friends. – The Etiquette of To-day by Edith B. Ordway