fussily

fuss·y (f

)

adj. fuss·i·er, fuss·i·est

1. Easily upset; given to bouts of ill temper: a fussy baby.

2. Paying great or excessive attention to personal tastes and appearance; fastidious: He was always fussy about clothes.

3. Calling for or requiring great attention to sometimes trivial details: a fussy actuarial problem.

4. Full of superfluous details: "It can indeed be fussy, filling with ornament what should be empty space" (H.D.F. Kitto).

fussi·ly adv.

fussi·ness n.

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Adv.

fussily - in a fussy manner; "he spoke to her fussily"

Translations

fussily [ˈfʌsɪlɪ] ADV

1. (= demandingly) (pej) → quisquillosamente; (= scrupulously) → meticulosamente, escrupulosamente

2. (= elaborately) [designed, dressed] → de manera recargada

3. (= nervously) → nerviosamente

fussily [ˈfʌsɪli] adv

[arrange] → de façon tarabiscotée

[ornate] → de façon tarabiscotée; [accurate, bureaucratic] → de façon méticuleuse

fussily

adv (pej)

(= painstakingly) adjust, check → übertrieben sorgfältig; accurate → peinlich; legalistic → übertrieben

(= ornately) → überladen; fussily designed wrought-iron gates → schmiedeeiserne Tore mit verschnörkeltem Muster; fussily dressed → verspielt gekleidet

fussily [ˈfʌsɪlɪ] adv → meticolosamente
she was fussily dressed → era carica di fronzoli

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"How is it," she began, as usual in French, settling down briskly and fussily in the easy chair, "how is it Annette never got married?

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

They could not sit down, because all Billina's chairs were roosting-poles made of silver; so they had to stand while the hen fussily showed them her treasures.

The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context

While these words were being spoken, Pesca, happily and fussily unconscious of the irreparable wrong which the crockery had suffered at his hands, was dragging a large arm-chair to the opposite end of the room, so as to command us all three, in the character of a public speaker addressing an audience.

The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context

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