fiddly

adjective -dlier or -dliest

small and awkward to do or handle

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I also like a bird's beak knife, for fiddly decorative things like making radish flowers and skinning apples in one long peel.
The 2012 Holiday Kitchen Gift Guide
Megan McArdle
December 13, 2012