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finicky
[ fin-i-kee ]
adjective
- excessively particular or fastidious; difficult to please; fussy.
Synonyms: picky, choosy, meticulous, demanding, exacting
finicky
/ ˈfɪnɪkɪ /
adjective
- excessively particular, as in tastes or standards; fussy
- full of trivial detail; overelaborate
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Other Words From
- su·per·fin·ick·y adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of finicky1
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Example Sentences
The price reflects its rarity as well, but also the finicky, difficult, and nuanced process of making Champagne.
Getting solar, wind, or wave power to work requires marrying smart technology to often-finicky government policy.
Poor folks aint no business to have finicky idees, or tastes, he declared.
Kyowowy means finicky, and applied to the draper by general consent.
Like most of our eastern woodsmen, Pete Noël was even finicky about his food, and took all his meat cooked to a brown.
It's all finicky work with tweezers and magnifying glasses, trying to get everything to fit in that little case.
Wilhelm Meister was set in a finicky period and its characters wore white wigs and minced about in their actions.
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