persnickety
/per-snik-i-tee/US // pərˈsnɪk ɪ ti //UK // (pəˈsnɪkɪtɪ) //
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Informal.
- : overparticular; fussy.
- : snobbish or having the aloof attitude of a snob.
- : requiring painstaking care.
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Examples
It “sounds fancy and the details of it can get very, very persnickety,” she notes.
His keepers fed the beast copious amounts of port, Champagne, and whiskey to pacify the persnickety pachyderm.
Radar acquisition has always been a persnickety thing to test properly on Earth.
In the early years, she was regarded as persnickety but a helpful ally who returned calls promptly.
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