finicky

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"It can be kind of finicky," he said.

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  • Red was too hungry to be the least bit finicky, and let the hard travel bread soften in the leftover juices. —  The Chronicles Of Pern: First Fall
  • They're really not that finicky, and they're surely interested in just about any feeding location they uncover. —  Latest News from SYS-CON ITALIA
  • The 108-year-old building's elevator is known to be finicky, and malfunctions occasionally. —  --1010 WINS Newswatch Headlines
  • She was finicky, always needing her bowls full, and followed my husband, howling until he tended to that task.
  • Kyowowy means finicky, and applied to the draper by general consent. —  A Window in Thrums
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. From finick, a finical person, from finical.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. Var. of finikin, assuming the form of an adjective in -y.
 

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/ˈfɪnɪki/
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