Finicking \Fin"ick*ing\, Finicky \Fin"ick*y\, a.
Finical; unduly particular; excessively demanding over minor
details. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
finicky
adj : exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy
about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was
prepared" [syn: finical, fussy, particular]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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