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How to use finicky in a sentence

10 example sentences · adjective

Finicky means fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details. Example: “My editor is very finicky about punctuation. Every dot and comma has to be just right.”

Examples of finicky by meaning

adjectiveFastidious 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.
  • She has a finicky baby that's hard to feed.

adjectiveDemanding; requiring above-normal care.

  • The lawnmower is a bit finicky in cold weather.
  • Instead of Rose Levy Beranbaum’s Cream Cheese Pie Crust from her addictingly finicky The Pie and Pastry Bible, I decided to make her Sour Cream Crust.2009 July 13, Evan Kleiman, “Pie-a-Day #20 & #21: Cherry Pie and Sour Cream Ice Cream Pie”, in KCRW, archived from the original on 03 Jun...

More sentences with finicky

  • One of this library's dependencies is very finicky. It can be hard to get it to compile on some systems.From the entry dependency
  • Many Americans have become olive aficionados, finicky about their picholines and arbequinas, Kalamatas and Cerignolas.2007 October 17, Julia Moskin, “Olives, Flavored by Time, Seasoned With Memories”, in New York Times. From the entry arbequinas
  • An orange-blossom-water sabayon is thickened in the microwave (and I will never again make finicky sabayon any other way).2007 June 3, Amanda Hesser, “Cooking”, in New York Times. From the entry sabayon
  • Once again, my little attempt to charm her with humour was met with a ceilingward lifting of the eyebrows in finicky disapproval.2012, Kathy Lette, The Boy Who Fell to Earth, Bantam, →ISBN, page 59. From the entry ceilingward
  • I can't imagine any finicky feline (and they all are that at one time or another) slobbering over anyone, even a beloved owner, the way a dog does.2004, Hyveth Williams, Secrets of a Happy Heart: A Fresh Look at the Sermon on the Mount, page 70. From the entry woman
  • Are you in this unenviable state—wifeless, housekeeperless, untrained in the delights of the cook stove and unexpectedly burdened with a finicky guest, who positively won’t be lured to a restaurant?1911 August 15, “Cooking in Paper Bags; How to Do It---And How Not”, in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, volume 72, number 225, Brooklyn, N.Y.…. From the entry housekeeperless

Meaning of finicky

  1. adjective Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.
  2. adjective Demanding; requiring above-normal care.

Full definition of finicky

Questions about finicky in a sentence

How do you use finicky in a sentence?
Finicky is used as an adjective. For example: “My editor is very finicky about punctuation. Every dot and comma has to be just right.”
What is a short sentence with finicky?
“She has a finicky baby that's hard to feed.”
What does finicky mean?
Finicky means fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.

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