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Meanings of finicky in English

Exacting especially about details.

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Usage of finicky in English
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The information will help researchers understand panda traits such as finicky diets.
Wired
2
Not too finicky, but not too plain either; I liked it fine.
A place of my own: the architecture of daydreams
3
He didn't need to add a finicky Cadillac limousine to his fleet.
Reuters
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Everyone knows there is a fine, finicky line between eternal-life-as-vampire v. death-as-a-human.
Nightlight
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A sensual feast sure to sate even the most finicky of palates.
Witch heart
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The first referred to him as cold, rigid, remote, finicky, and uptight.
What the dog saw: and other adventures
7
In WIRED's tests, the iOS radio handshake could be finicky and unreliable.
Wired
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There was enough gear on the first pitch, but it was finicky.
Rock and Ice Magazine
9
That should be enough to satisfy even the most finicky movie diva.
Reuters
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His appearance is effeminate, his manner finicky and old-maidish to a degree.
The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe: William II, Germany;...
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The crack opens as it goes in, so pro can be finicky.
Climbing Magazine
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Never once did they manage to creep out of my finicky ears.
Wired
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He finds Lonoff by turns blunt and as finicky as a floorwalker.
The new yorker
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Little dresses, brushing hair and mastering finicky French plaits, ballet recitals, horse-riding.
The Irish Times
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The plan also depends on 100 billion pounds of increasingly finicky private capital.
Reuters
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Like a finicky plant, it needs the right conditions to thrive.
Reuters
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