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finnicky

finnicky is the alternative form of finicky.

Meaning of finicky

Adjective

finicky (comparative finickier or more finicky, superlative finickiest or most finicky)

  1. (informal) Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.
    • My editor is very finicky about punctuation. Every dot and comma has to be just right.
  2. (informal) Demanding; requiring above-normal care.
    • The lawnmower is a bit finicky in cold weather.

Forms of finnicky

comparativefinnickier
superlativefinnickiest

Questions about finnicky

What is finnicky the alternative form of?
Finnicky is the alternative form of finicky.

Words near finnicky in the dictionary

  1. finnicked
  2. finnickier
  3. finnickiest
  4. finnicking
  5. finnicks
  6. finnicky
  7. Finnie
  8. finnie haddie
  9. finnie haddies
  10. finnier
  11. finnies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: finnicky (page history and authors); finicky (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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