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picky

adjective as in choosy, finicky

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At the end of the day, survival is about calories, so I hope you’re not picky!

Stink bait, a sharp hook, and a strand of 550 core line might just land you a catfish or some other “non-picky” eater.

Males also got shot down a lot, as picky females appear largely unmoved by most of their showmanship.

We work in Adobe Premiere for video editing, but we are not picky about editing software.

Don’t be picky about who is getting it and don’t try to evaluate need or fine-tune quantities.

Were you being extra picky in the wake of Twilight because you knew you were under the microscope?

Surveys may portray us as picky, but in reality our foodie culture is thriving as never before.

“Those kids are starting to be of legal drinking age,” McMahan says of once-fussy eaters who he hopes remain picky drinkers, too.

He was extremely picky about what he ate and insisted that foods be arranged in a particular order on his plate.

Historically speaking, the first picky eaters were ancient doctors and religious leaders.

His appetite is more picky-and-choosy than it used to be; and by these signs I can tell something is on his mind a-preying.

Of course, fwoonk and pwink and tweelt and kroosh sounded alike to them, but let's don't be too picky about things.

"My dear Picky, it had to come," said Booverman, with a shrug of his shoulders.

This is the end of all things, Picky, the saddest spot on earth.

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On this page you'll find 46 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to picky, such as: captious, critical, dainty, fastidious, fault-finding, and fussy.

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

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