as in careful
hard to please
he is very fastidious about how he arranges his music collection, and woe to anyone who dares to mess around with it
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Recent Examples of fastidious
The girls are both members of the school’s choir, a traditionalist institution overseen with fastidious strictness by conductor Bojan (Saša Tabaković), whose preferred repertoire of dusty hymns and local folk songs gives the girls a collective air of ethereal purity when singing.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
The fastidious, precociously mature character served as a comedic foil to his feistier mother as well as the rest of the show’s broader Pritchett-Dunphy clan.
—John Russell, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Many of us are incredible about taking care of others, but perhaps less fastidious about attending to our own needs.
—Lori B Daniels, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
George Washington was fastidious about rejecting monarchy, restricting the power of the executive, and establishing the rule of law.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
The fastidious, precociously mature character served as a comedic foil to his feistier mother as well as the rest of the show’s broader Pritchett-Dunphy clan.
—John Russell, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Many of us are incredible about taking care of others, but perhaps less fastidious about attending to our own needs.
—Lori B Daniels, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
George Washington was fastidious about rejecting monarchy, restricting the power of the executive, and establishing the rule of law.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fastidious
Adjective
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Many participants with conflicting ideologies also reported cohabiting peacefully for the most part, while being careful not to bring up divisive topics and focus on their similarities instead.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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This thing is razor sharp though, be careful when using it in the backcountry.—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
25 May 2025
Adjective
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From the outside, Lyons’s house is a textbook Baltimore row home with a modest porch made for relaxing on a nice day or having a smoke while you people-watch.—
Lawrence Burney,
Pitchfork,
28 May 2025
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Wilson completed a pass to Dee Eskridge, who made a nice one-handed catch with cornerback Kendall Sheffield in coverage.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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Ambition meets reality The thing that doomed this particular Wheel of Time production from the start was the sky-high expectations that Amazon had for it.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2025
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Drugs in particular have pride of place on the album.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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Hydrangeas can be a bit finicky and may take a few weeks to months to settle in.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
31 May 2025
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But the finicky weather usually makes for a shorter window.—
Ben Ayers,
Outside Online,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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All told, the specifics of memory and storage drive home that the Mac mini is far more suitable to mainstream users, while the Mac Studio is for a more exacting, professional market that needs those expensive, lofty levels of RAM and storage.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
8 Apr. 2025
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For the two musical interludes, Gaga was at her most exacting and confrontational.—
Esther Zuckerman,
The Atlantic,
9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But Reza doesn’t let his meticulous consideration stop at the stunning accessories the masion offers.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
24 May 2025
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Using sonar systems on Sentry and the research vessel Atlantis, the team was able to successfully conduct meticulous surveys of the submarine.—
Stephen Smith,
CBS News,
24 May 2025
Adjective
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What would the notoriously persnickety Corbitt say about those bold additions?—
Libby Monteith Minor,
Southern Living,
17 May 2025
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Jonathan Pryce plays the persnickety headmaster who prefers to keep politics outside the school walls.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
12 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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The Braves are not in a position to be picky about defense.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Apr. 2025
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Sometimes gratitude came easily, such as when Deb helped their kids, who were picky eaters, become more adventurous.—
Rhaina Cohen,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2025
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“Fastidious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fastidious. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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