Finicky

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Finicking \Fin"ick*ing\, Finicky \Fin"ick*y\, a.
     Finical; unduly particular; excessively demanding over minor
     details. [Colloq.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  finicky
       adj : exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy
             about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was
             prepared" [syn: {finical}, {fussy}, {particular}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  81 Moby Thesaurus words for "finicky":
     accurate, advertent, agog, alert, all ears, all eyes, assiduous,
     attentive, aware, careful, choosy, close, concentrated,
     conscientious, conscious, correct, critical, dainty, delicate,
     demanding, detailed, difficult, diligent, earnest, elaborate,
     exact, exacting, exigent, exquisite, fastidious, fine, finical,
     finicking, finikin, full, fuss-budgety, fussy, hard to please,
     heedful, intense, intent, intentive, meticulous, mindful, minute,
     narrow, nice, niggling, nit-picking, observant, observing,
     on the ball, on the job, open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed,
     particular, pawky, pernickety, persnickety, picayune, picky,
     precise, precisianistic, precisionistic, punctilious, punctual,
     queasy, refined, regardful, religious, rigid, rigorous, scrupulous,
     scrutinizing, special, specific, squeamish, strict, subtle,
     watchful