Definitions
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- adjective
Fastidious andfussy ; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details;meticulous andparticular .
Etymologies
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Possibly a blend of finicky and pernickety
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Examples
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In all of these things he has undermined the purpose of the reforms through lack of clarity and finickity detailed negotiations that hand obstructionists the whip hand.
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In the process, it missed the enormous amount of finickity detail that needs to be changed if we are to move towards a republic.
No Right Turn Idiot/Savant 2010
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Email and web browsing, check and check … although the browser interface was a little finickity at times.
The lost outpost 2009
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