nitty
Americanadjective
adjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of nitty
Example Sentences
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But we sit around and talk and make notes, and Jamie goes off and does the nitty gritty of mapping it out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Nodding to part of the challenge ahead, she added, “I’m excited to meet people and learn more about the nitty gritty local issues.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
They were just sort of in a, in a very nitty gritty way, trying to solve the problems that were put in front of them.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 12, 2023
"He gets into the nitty gritty, he passes legislation here in Florida that lots of people didn't think could pass in the past until he came along."
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2022
He has need o' a clean pow that ca's his neighbour nitty now.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
If that were still a really strong issue, I don't think I could have gone into nittier, grittier aspects of anything underneath it.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2022
“She really gets into the nittiest nitty-gritty details, and with an understanding of how important they are to the outcomes.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
But the primary reason is much more practical: Throughout history, and still in many countries throughout the world, the left hand is reserved for the nittiest and grittiest of bathroom duties.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2021
Both books drill down into the nittiest of gritty details.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2015
On Capitol Hill, North Carolina's Democratic Senator Sam Ervin denounced the experiment as "nitpicking of the nittiest kind."
From Time Magazine Archive
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