finical

[ fin-i-kuhl ]

/ ˈfɪn ɪ kəl /

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adjective

finicky.

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Origin of finical

First recorded in 1585–95; fine¹ + -ical

OTHER WORDS FROM finical

un·fin·i·cal, adjective

Words nearby finical

finger trouble, finger wave, Fingo, fini, finial, finical, finick, finicky, fining, finis, finis coronat opus

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How to use finical in a sentence

"With pleasure, madame," replied Monsieur de Robespierre, with his finical gallantry.
Catherine de' Medici|Honore de Balzac
I love the writing of it though it is a finical unobvious task—more so than it looks.
I, Mary MacLane|Mary MacLane
Much money is often worse than wasted, by finical ornaments, which are fast going out of fashion.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy|Catherine Esther Beecher
The common Scotch saying, on the sight of anything operose and finical, “he must have had little to do that made that!”
Familiar Studies of Men and Books|Robert Louis Stevenson

There is nothing finical or foppish about the conventions which Mr. Harcourt undertakes to codify and explain.
Ben's Nugget|Horatio, Jr. Alger

British Dictionary definitions for finical

finical

/ (ˈfɪnɪkəl) /

adjective

another word for finicky

Derived forms of finical

finicality, nounfinically, adverbfinicalness, noun

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finical

Origin of finical

OTHER WORDS FROM finical

Words nearby finical

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British Dictionary definitions for finical

Derived forms of finical