picky

pick·y (p

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adj. pick·i·er, pick·i·est Informal

Excessively meticulous; fussy.

picky [ˈpɪkɪ]

adj pickier, pickiest

Informal fussy; finicky; choosy

pickily adv

pickiness n

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Adj.

picky - exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared"

finical, finicky, fussy, particular

fastidious - giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"

picky

adjective (Informal) fussy, particular, critical, carping, fastidious, dainty, choosy, finicky, cavilling, pernickety (informal), fault-finding, captious Everyone knows children are picky eaters.

Translations

picky [ˈpɪkɪ] ADJ (US) (pickier (compar) (pickiest (superl)))

1. (= critical) → criticón

2. (= choosy) → melindroso, quisquilloso

picky [ˈpɪki] adj (= fussy) → difficile
to be picky about sth → être difficile sur qch
to be a picky eater → faire la fine bouche
Everyone knows children are picky eaters → Tout le monde sait que les enfants font la fine bouche., Tout le monde sait que les enfants se montrent difficiles sur la nourriture.

picky

adj (+er) (inf) → pingelig (inf); eater → wählerisch

picky [ˈpɪkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam, pej) (person) → difficile
to be a picky eater → essere schizzinoso/a nel mangiare

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carping
chaff
Chaffing
Chaffy
choosy
dainty
faddy
fastidious
finical
finicky
fussy
niggling
particular
pedantic
pernickety
selective

In future Welcome Car Finance, a leading provider of hire-purchase for second-hand motors, will be more picky about who it lends to.

your money: Welcome not so welcoming; CREDIT CRUNCH by The Mirror (London, England)

We can look at how DNA relates to early feeding behaviours such as whether the children were picky eaters, breast or bottle fed.

Obesity study on early years by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As part of their new Kids Meals line, Amy's Kitchen has made a Baked Ziti meal that is sure to please picky palettes.

Amy's Kids Meals Baked Ziti by Vegetarian Journal

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