persnickety
Example Sentences
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She asked if it looked OK or if she was just being too persnickety.
From Seattle Times
Inside, in its driver-selectable “Whisper” mode, the Ford would please the most persnickety librarian.
From New York Times
I am a sightline fiend, but I wasn’t just being persnickety.
From New York Times
With tennis always so persnickety about insisting somebody loses, one shining momentum or the other will have to yield.
From Washington Post
"Indian Matchmaking" gives viewers tastes of all these elements in each person's story and tosses in some comedy of persnickety behavior for good measure.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
