Thesaurus / finical
FEEDBACKHow to use finical in a sentence
"With pleasure, madame," replied Monsieur de Robespierre, with his finical gallantry.
CATHERINE DE' MEDICIHONORE DE BALZACI love the writing of it though it is a finical unobvious task—more so than it looks.
I, MARY MACLANEMARY MACLANEMuch money is often worse than wasted, by finical ornaments, which are fast going out of fashion.
A TREATISE ON DOMESTIC ECONOMYCATHERINE ESTHER BEECHERThe common Scotch saying, on the sight of anything operose and finical, “he must have had little to do that made that!”
FAMILIAR STUDIES OF MEN AND BOOKSROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONThere is nothing finical or foppish about the conventions which Mr. Harcourt undertakes to codify and explain.
BEN'S NUGGETHORATIO, JR. ALGERWhen, however, the writing is finical a large mass of material has to be examined before a decision can be reached.
DISPUTED HANDWRITINGJEROME B. LAVAYSo, when that finical appetite of mine would suddenly cry out for oysters, I could think of nothing else.
LIFE ON THE STAGECLARA MORRIS"The dear, good soul is finical as a cat," with the good-natured indulgence of a mother for a child.
LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE OF POPULAR LITERATURE AND SCIENCEVARIOUSWhile Schlegel became ever more fastidious and finical in his style, Voss grew more brusque and rugged.
THE PROSE WRITINGS OF HEINRICH HEINEHEINRICH HEINESir Joshua Reynolds, as we know, would have regarded this as the essence of finical vulgarity.
THE STRAND MAGAZINE, VOLUME V, ISSUE 27, MARCH 1893VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO FINICAL
- accurate
- becoming
- befitting
- careful
- choosy
- conforming
- correct
- critical
- cultured
- dainty
- decent
- delicate
- discerning
- discriminating
- distinguishing
- exact
- exacting
- fastidious
- fine
- finespun
- finical
- finicking
- finicky
- fussy
- genteel
- hairsplitting
- meticulous
- minute
- particular
- persnickety
- picky
- proper
- respectable
- right
- rigorous
- scrupulous
- seemly
- squeamish
- strict
- subtle
- tidy
- trim
- trivial
- virtuous
- well-bred
- accurate
- apple-pie order
- correct
- dainty
- dapper
- elegant
- exact
- fastidious
- finical
- finicky
- immaculate
- in good order
- in good shape
- methodical
- natty
- neat as a pin
- nice
- orderly
- precise
- prim
- proper
- regular
- shipshape
- sleek
- slick
- smart
- snug
- spick-and-span
- spotless
- spruce
- systematic
- taut
- tidy
- trim
- well-groomed
- well-kept
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