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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared" [syn: finical, finicky, fussy, particular, picky]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: alteration of finicking Date: circa 1825 1. extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards <a finicky eater> 2. requiring much care, precision, or attentive effort <a finicky recipe> • finickiness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 over-particular, fastidious. 2 needing much attention to detail; fiddly. Derivatives: finickiness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Finicking Fin"ick*ing, Finicky Fin"ick*y, a. Finical; unduly particular. [Colloq.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you say that someone is finicky, you mean that they are worried about small details and are difficult to please. Even the most finicky eater will find something appetizing here. = picky ADJ [disapproval]

Moby Thesaurus

accurate, advertent, agog, alert, all ears, all eyes, assiduous, attentive, aware, careful, choosy, close, concentrated, conscientious, conscious, correct, critical, dainty, delicate, demanding, detailed, difficult, diligent, earnest, elaborate, exact, exacting, exigent, exquisite, fastidious, fine, finical, finicking, finikin, full, fuss-budgety, fussy, hard to please, heedful, intense, intent, intentive, meticulous, mindful, minute, narrow, nice, niggling, nit-picking, observant, observing, on the ball, on the job, open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, particular, pawky, pernickety, persnickety, picayune, picky, precise, precisianistic, precisionistic, punctilious, punctual, queasy, refined, regardful, religious, rigid, rigorous, scrupulous, scrutinizing, special, specific, squeamish, strict, subtle, watchful