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persnicketily

persnicketily adverb: with a great attention to details and precision; in a persnickety fashion.

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 persnicketily

comparativemore persnicketily
superlativemost persnicketily
alternative formpernicketily

Origin of persnicketily

From persnickety + -ly.

Questions about persnicketily

What does persnicketily mean?
Persnicketily means with a great attention to details and precision; in a persnickety fashion.
What part of speech is persnicketily?
Persnicketily is an adverb.

Words near persnicketily in the dictionary

  1. persists it down
  2. Persitz
  3. Persitzes
  4. Persky
  5. Perskys
  6. persnicketily
  7. persnicketiness
  8. persnickety
  9. Perso-
  10. Perso-Arabic
  11. Persoid

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