pernickety
/pərˈnɪkəti/
adjective
- Fussy and overly concerned with small details; hard to please.
- The editor was so pernickety that she corrected every single comma in the manuscript.
- He's a pernickety eater who won't touch any food that has touched another food on his plate.
- My grandmother is very pernickety about how the silverware is arranged on the table.
- Requiring great attention to small details; intricate or fiddly.
- Assembling this model airplane is a pernickety job that takes a steady hand.
- The recipe was pernickety, calling for exactly 1/8 teaspoon of saffron.
- Repairing the old clock was a pernickety task that took hours of careful work.
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