overparticular
Example Sentences
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I’m not just being overparticular here about a slightly irritating stylistic quirk.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2013
For this reason, I salute the contestants of University Challenge and Only Connect for their indefatigability and obstinate dedication to the overparticular.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2012
There are really three cases, if one wishes to be overparticular, corresponding to the three pairs of equal sides.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
When it was a matter of those foreign gentlemen, German barons, Italian counts, Austrian princes, and so on, I was extremely particular, perhaps overparticular.
From Quaint Courtships by Howells, William Dean
He was never an impetuous man; always a thoughtful and methodical one, and always overparticular in respecting the courtesies of life.
From Tides of Barnegat by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
