niminy-piminy

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Adjective
  • Of course, the path to a particular friendship is never easy.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Berens brings his particular brand of Midwest nice to his latest hour (watch the trailer above), full of stories about growing up one of 12 children, sneaking a beer into church, gambling with his grandmother, and Midwest Cheap Hacks.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Albee's 1962 play won a Tony Award, and would have also won a Pulitzer Prize for drama, if the prissy trustees of Columbia University hadn't overruled the jury.
    Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Some of that’s changing times, some of that is because a not-insignificant portion of W.A.S.P. fans are prissy suburbanites themselves.
    Andy O'Connor, SPIN, 13 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • Soft-sided, worn and loved became important and foot-forming ultrasoft kid leather shoes changed the vibe from prim to cool.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Look to a prim and proper ladylike jacket instead.
    Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Wispy ’90s bangs are notoriously finicky—they’re so lightweight that the slightest brush against your forehead can leave them greasy and flat.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Orchids might seem like finicky houseplants, but with the proper care, that grocery store stunner can bloom for years and years.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Obviously, fastidious double-entry bookkeeping reduces the margin for error, even in complicated accounts, but more than that, once accounts become commonplace, ordinary people begin to think of the world in terms of accounts.
    Big Think, Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
  • But that was hardly the end of our fastidious, crime-solving genius.
    Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • For accessories, Moore opted for dainty baubles from Shay Jewelry.
    Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The piece has an asymmetrical hem that’s complete with dainty ruffle detailing.
    Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • LinkedIn's algorithm is choosy.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Known for being among the choosiest of the choosy buildings and the longtime home of Henry Kissinger, whose sprawling duplex, full of green upholstery and black candles — very Sister Parish — has yet to come on the market since his death.
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The finical, fanatical, reciprocal chiselling of mind and matter.
    Christian Wiman, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021
  • However, finical institution Citi is the official presale credit card of the headliner engagements, and Citi cardmembers will have access to purchase presale tickets a week earlier, from Tuesday, May 18 at 10AM PST to Sunday, May 23 at 10 PM PST through the Citi Entertainment program.
    Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 13 May 2021
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