finickiness

Definition of finickinessnext

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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 framers did not distribute war powers this way out of procedural fussiness.
    Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Flu can impact children differently and present more general symptoms like irritability and general fussiness, or ear and stomach pain.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
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“Finickiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finickiness. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.

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