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persnickety

adjective as in fussy, particular

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If you play online a lot or play with people who are persnickety about mic quality, this mic may not be enough to get you by, but it’s certainly passable.

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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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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