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picky — picky; nit·picky; … English syllables
picky — index particular (exacting) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
picky — [adj] choosy, finicky captious, critical, dainty, fastidious, fault finding, fussy, nice, particular, persnickety; concept 404 Ant. accepting … New thesaurus
picky — ► ADJECTIVE (pickier, pickiest) informal ▪ fastidious, especially excessively so … English terms dictionary
picky — ☆ picky [pik′ē ] adj. pickier, pickiest [ PICK3 + Y2] Informal overly fastidious or exacting; fussy … English World dictionary
picky — UK [ˈpɪkɪ] / US adjective Word forms picky : adjective picky comparative pickier superlative pickiest informal someone who is picky only likes specific things and is not easily pleased a picky eater … English dictionary
picky — 1. mod. choosy. □ Don’t be so picky. They’re all the same. □ Red, blue, green! What’s the difference? You are too picky. 2. mod. overly critical. □ Complain, complain! What a picky old lady. □ … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
picky — [[t]pɪ̱ki[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) Someone who is picky is difficult to please and only likes a small range of things. [INFORMAL] Some people are very picky about who they choose to share their lives with... Everyone knows children are picky … English dictionary
picky — adjective AmE informal someone who is picky only likes very particular things: a picky eater | She s so picky about her clothes … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
picky — pick|y [ˈpıki] adj informal someone who is picky only likes particular things and not others, and so is not easy to please ▪ He s a very picky eater … Dictionary of contemporary English
