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

Dekker was a most voluminous writer, and not always overparticular whence he got, or how he used, the material for his tracts and plays.

From Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] by Farmer, John Stephen

Let the reader who deems me overparticular remember this caution of Martial:— "Quem recitas, meus est, O Fidentine, libellus; Sed male cum recitas, incipit esse tuus."

From The Biglow Papers by Hughes, Thomas

Mr. Lincoln was not overparticular in his matter of dress, and was also careless in his manners.

From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Williams, Henry Llewellyn