precise and pernickety

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• nice — 1 Nice, dainty, fastidious, finicky, finicking, finical, particular, fussy, squeamish, persnickety, pernickety can all mean exacting or displaying exacting standards (as in selection, judgment, or workmanship). Nice (see also CORRECT, DECOROUS)… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• per|nick|e|ty — «puhr NIHK uh tee», adjective. Informal. 1. overly fastidious; fussy: »It is clear that the planning, no matter how grandiose, is also much too pernickety (London Times). 2. requiring precise and careful handling; ticklish. Also, persnickety.… …   Useful english dictionary

• wowser — The term wowser surely one of the most impressive and expressive of Australian coinages is used to express healthy contempt for those who attempt to force their own morality on everyone. The person who abstains from alcohol (for whatever reason)… …   Australian idioms

• List of British words not widely used in the United States — Differences between American and British English American English …   Wikipedia

• nice — Synonyms and related words: Christian, Christlike, Christly, according to Hoyle, accurate, acute, advantageous, advertent, affable, affectionate, agog, agreeable, agreeably, alert, all ears, all eyes, ambrosial, amiable, amicable, appreciative,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• meticulous — Synonyms and related words: OK, Spartan, Spartanic, absolute, accurate, active, advertent, agog, alert, all ears, all eyes, all right, assiduous, astringent, attentive, austere, authoritarian, aware, careful, cautious, censorious, choicy, choosy …   Moby Thesaurus

• particular — Synonyms and related words: absolute, accurate, adjunct, adoptive, adventure, appointive, appropriate, article, aspect, attentive, blow by blow, brass tacks, careful, case, categorical, censorious, certain, characteristic, choicy, choosing,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• nice — adj 1. agreeable, pleasant, winning, winsome, taking, delightful, attractive, likable; cheering, cheerful, amusing, humorous; amiable, friendly, cordial, genial, congenial; charming, gracious, generous, warm hearted, sympathetic, understanding,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• finicky — Synonyms and related words: accurate, advertent, agog, alert, all ears, all eyes, assiduous, attentive, aware, careful, choosy, close, concentrated, conscientious, conscious, correct, critical, dainty, delicate, demanding, detailed, difficult,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• fussy — Synonyms and related words: Byzantine, accurate, agitated, arabesque, attentive, baroque, bustling, busy, chichi, choosy, close, conscientious, conscionable, correct, critical, dainty, delicate, demanding, detailed, difficult, discriminating,… …   Moby Thesaurus