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finicky

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fin·ick·y  (fn-k)
adj. fin·ick·i·er, fin·ick·i·est
Insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fastidious: a finicky eater.

[From finick, a finical person, from finical.]

finick·i·ness n.

finicky or finicking
Adjective
1. extremely fussy
2. overelaborate or ornate: finicky designer patterns [earlier finical, from fine1]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.finicky - exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared"
fastidious - giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"
Translations
finicky [ˈfɪnɪkɪ] adj (= fussy) → delicado

finicky [ˈfɪnɪkɪ] adjtatillon(ne)méticuleux/euse, minutieux/euse

finicky [ˈfɪnɪkɪ] adjpingelig

finicky [ˈfɪnɪkɪ] adjesigente, pignolo/a; minuziosoa/a

finicky
adj finicky [ˈfiniki]
too much concerned with detail She is a very finicky person. puntenerig مُهْتَم بالتَّفاصيل дребнав pedantský pillen; pertentlig pedantisch σχολαστικός melindroso pedantne ایرادی turhantarkka tatillon, méticuleux בָּרֵרָן ब्योरे को ले कर अत्यधिक चिंतित होना sitničav, pedantan kényes teliti vandfÿsinn; smámunasamur meticoloso 気むずかしい 까다로운, 너무 꼼꼼한 smulkmeniškas izvēlīgs; izlepis cerewet pietepeuterig altfor nøye/sirlig, overpertentlig pedantyczny melindroso/meticuloso pre­tenţios; dificil разборчивый pedantský malenkosten sitničav petig, petnoga จู้จี้ kılı kırk yaran, titiz 過於挑剔的,過分講究的 перебірливий; вибагливий ضرورت سے زیادہ محطات cầu kỳ; kiểu cách; quá tỉ mỉ 挑剔


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I had an idea then that foreign missionaries couldn't afford to be finicky in the matter of looks if they wanted a girl to risk her life among cannibals.
"If I did," she retorted, "Von Blix wouldn't be finicky about my joining in the cruise to Malaita.
In addition to his big hotels, he built amusement parks for the common people, and art galleries and club-house country inns for the more finicky classes.
 
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