OLD-MAIDISH Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

old-maidish

adjective

Definition of old-maidish

as in particular

hard to please an old-maidish teacher who required that every essay be written in very formal English

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Adjective

These agents identify information relevant to particular use-case-specific signals and produce reports intended to reduce the amount of time required for decision-making.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026
All have been regularly targeted in the war, with Kuwait and the UAE sites of particular focus for Iran.

— Alexander Langlois, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of particular

Adjective

Today’s recipe Chef David Tanis’ recipe for Persimmon and Pomegranate Salad With Bitter Lettuces has a nice combination of sweet and bitter.

— Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
Eldridge made a nice play to catch that ball, make a throw and get it out.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of nice

Adjective

Without careful planning to reduce the constellations’ brightness, the team found that, in the most extreme case, the satellites could outnumber visible stars by a factor of 100.

— Arielle Frommer, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
Maneuvering in tight spaces requires careful judgment of each individual case — and not just about which body part is least likely to cause offense when brought into close proximity to a fellow diner.

— Judith Martin, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of careful

Adjective

These quick tests reveal fine detail, dimensional accuracy, and whether the printer is over- or under-exposed, providing a consistent baseline before evaluating more demanding real-world prints.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
The squad underwent intensive work in Portugal, where players generally had one long, demanding morning session, before being given time to recover, often with yoga and massages.

— Paul Taylor, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of demanding

Adjective

Moisture trapped in the ground allows finicky crops such as onions and peanuts to grow.

— Adrien Marotte, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Aug. 2026
Their odds of winning the World Series – a famously finicky task prone to small sample size flukes – were over 25%, one-in-four for one of baseball’s 30 teams.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of finicky

Adjective

Universal's Potter lands at its resorts in Orlando, Hollywood, Beijing and Osaka are famous for their fastidious attention to detail.

— Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
One of the most beautiful women in the world during her lifetime, the former Princess of Wales was fastidious about getting her sleep.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 21 July 2026

Definition of fastidious

Adjective

Every place on this list has been vetted and endorsed, again and again, by the world’s most exacting travelers.

— Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 23 July 2026
Loathe have always been committed to self-production (their 2017 debut is their only album that credits an outside co-producer), but A Stranger to You begs for more exacting supervision.

— Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 16 July 2026

Definition of exacting

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