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pernicketily

pernicketily is the british English standard form of persnicketily.

Meaning of persnicketily

Adverb

persnicketily (comparative more persnicketily, superlative most persnicketily)

  1. (rare) With a great attention to details and precision; in a persnickety fashion.
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Forms of pernicketily

comparativemore pernicketily
superlativemost pernicketily

Origin of pernicketily

From pernickety + -ly.

Questions about pernicketily

What is pernicketily the british English standard form of?
Pernicketily is the british English standard form of persnicketily.

Words near pernicketily in the dictionary

  1. pernicious scale
  2. pernicious scales
  3. perniciously
  4. perniciousness
  5. pernicity
  6. pernicketily
  7. pernicketiness
  8. pernickety
  9. pernigraniline
  10. Pernik
  11. pernil

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