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Grammar : Adj
Spell : fin-i-kee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪn ɪ ki



Definition of finicky

Origin :
  • 1825, "dainty, mincing," from finical "too particular" (1590s), perhaps from fine (adj.) + -ical as in cynical, ironical. The -k- between the final -c- and a suffix beginning in -i, -y, or -e is an orthographic rule to mark the pronunciation of -c- as "k" (cf. picnicking, trafficking, panicky, shellacked).
  • adj overparticular
Example sentences :
  • Some were finicky as to their officers, and waited until they should be satisfied.
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
  • Who was this finicky party with the willow-ware eyes, anyway?
  • Extract from : « Torchy, Private Sec. » by Sewell Ford
  • Kitty was the only Maynard who was finicky about her clothes.
  • Extract from : « Marjorie's Busy Days » by Carolyn Wells
  • Married one of these up-dee-dee, poetry-reading, finicky women.
  • Extract from : « The Job » by Sinclair Lewis
  • Finicky ladies don't get two invitations into the Treadwell.
  • Extract from : « Alaska » by Ella Higginson
  • This reasoning is not finicky, but very profound; accept it in the right spirit.
  • Extract from : « English Costume » by Dion Clayton Calthrop
  • Well, I too feel that way at times: we all have finicky moments.
  • Extract from : « The Crow's Nest » by Clarence Day, Jr.
  • It was a revelation to Rose of the elegancies of a dainty, finicky girl's toilet.
  • Extract from : « Rose of Dutcher's Coolly » by Hamlin Garland
  • Women of this class are finicky housekeepers in their own homes.
  • Extract from : « The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari » by James S. De Benneville
  • I was too morbid and finicky and exacting for a healthy man.
  • Extract from : « Happiness and Marriage » by Elizabeth (Jones) Towne

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