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Meanings of picky in English
Synonyms
Examples for "particular"
Examples for "particular"
1
Mkhize said there is a particular responsibility of government over particular resources.
2
South Australia, in particular, had increased 60 per cent year on year.
3
Does ownership affect the way a particular paper covers a particular story?
4
Of course Nice regrets saying no to a particular new pharmaceutical product.
5
Bank equities remain under pressure, however, with particular tensions surrounding Italian banks.
1
Huppert's psychotically fussy performance might as well be happening in a void.
2
It's like it was prepared to appease a fussy five year old.
3
Far as the color, I'd say she's not gonna be too fussy.
4
Too many pot smokers these days have gotten fussy about their weed.
5
Joy, on the other hand, had opted for a less fussy costume.
1
The information will help researchers understand panda traits such as finicky diets.
2
Not too finicky, but not too plain either; I liked it fine.
3
He didn't need to add a finicky Cadillac limousine to his fleet.
4
Everyone knows there is a fine, finicky line between eternal-life-as-vampire v. death-as-a-human.
5
A sensual feast sure to sate even the most finicky of palates.
1
Women would rave about him; men would think him finical and dandified.
2
Having once decided, the man kept at his work with finical precision.
3
But the police are out of sympathy with such finical methods.
4
It is a trifle too finical, though it must be confessed looks pretty.
5
Chauvelin, finical and queasy, turned away with a shudder of disgust.
Usage of picky in English
1
Even picky eaters found flavors they liked among the 13 currently available.
2
But I am really picky about the fashion jobs that I take.
3
Max is very picky and he just hated his room last year.
4
And being picky, fastidious eaters, octopuses make the most of each meal.
5
Funny, when you think kids are so picky about what they eat.'
6
They're not picky, you know,' answered Andrey, contorting his face in disgust.
7
The CEBQ seems more robust than the LBC in measuring picky eating.
8
But can you really be picky, given the price you're paying?
9
But he's learned to be picky, only taking on work that challenges him.
10
I guess if you wanted to be picky you'd say it happened Saturday.
11
These people are picky about who they let into their home.
12
You just better hope you aren't cooking for a picky eater.
13
However, as the Plague demonstrates all too well, microorganisms aren't nearly so picky.
14
Her granddaughter was no new Jocelyn, but prisoners can't be picky.
15
If you choose to get nit-picky instead, I suspect it won't feel right.
16
She said schools were being too picky about who they hired.
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