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picky
[ pik-ee ]
adjective
- extremely fussy or finicky, usually over trifles.
picky
/ ˈpɪkɪ /
adjective
- informal.fussy; finicky; choosy
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Derived Forms
- ˈpickily, adverb
- ˈpickiness, noun
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Other Words From
- picki·ness noun
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Example Sentences
Were you being extra picky in the wake of Twilight because you knew you were under the microscope?
Surveys may portray us as picky, but in reality our foodie culture is thriving as never before.
“Those kids are starting to be of legal drinking age,” McMahan says of once-fussy eaters who he hopes remain picky drinkers, too.
He was extremely picky about what he ate and insisted that foods be arranged in a particular order on his plate.
Historically speaking, the first picky eaters were ancient doctors and religious leaders.
His appetite is more picky-and-choosy than it used to be; and by these signs I can tell something is on his mind a-preying.
Of course, fwoonk and pwink and tweelt and kroosh sounded alike to them, but let's don't be too picky about things.
"My dear Picky, it had to come," said Booverman, with a shrug of his shoulders.
This is the end of all things, Picky, the saddest spot on earth.
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