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pernickety

/pəˈnɪk.ɪ.ti/

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adjective

/pəˈnɪk.ɪ.ti/C2formalbritish
  • ruОписывает человека, который чрезмерно озабочен мелкими деталями или очень придирчив и точен.

Describes someone who is excessively concerned with minor details or who is very fussy and precise.

  1. Overly precise or fussyC1informalbritish

    Characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details.

    ruПридирчивый

    • He is so pernickety about the way his desk is organized.
    • She made a pernickety list of all the minor flaws in the design.
    • The chef is pernickety about the exact temperature of the oven.

    Synonymsexactingfastidiousfinickyfussymeticulousparticularpersnicketypickyscrupulous

    Antonymscarelesseasygoingimpreciselaid-backloosenegligentslapdashsloppy

Forms
  • more pernickety comparative form
  • most pernickety superlative form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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