finicalness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for finicalness
Noun
  • Or is this a kind of fastidiousness of yours?
    Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The filmmaking is precise and refined, but free of the self-conscious fastidiousness that often passes for style on the international festival circuit.
    Jon Frosch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Noun
  • With a daintiness at odds with its 120 kilos, the bear extricates its wrist from the tie and calmly takes its leave.
    Ganesh Marín, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The spice that makes this dish work is Carl's precious decor and fussiness about keeping the place impeccable, communicated with exquisite diction by the burly Scales.
    Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Pebsworth also raised concerns about CDC data showing irritability or fussiness in some infants who received the hepatitis B vaccine.
    Aria Bendix, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Finicalness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finicalness. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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