precise and persnickety

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• 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

• particular — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. demanding, painstaking, meticulous; definite, specific; fussy, finicky, per[s]nickety, overnice; special, outstanding; personal; precise, exact. See taste, importance. n. fact, specification, datum …   English dictionary for students

• 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

• 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

• delicate — Synonyms and related words: Herculean, Victorian, abstruse, accommodating, accommodative, accurate, adept, aerial, agreeable, airy, allergic, ambrosial, anaphylactic, appreciative, arduous, attentive, attenuate, attenuated, balmy, becoming,… …   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

• precious — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Marinistic, absolute, admired, adored, affected, alembicated, angel, arrant, artful, artificial, babe, baby, baby doll, beloved, beyond price, buttercup, cherished, cherub, chichi, chick,… …   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

• particular — [adj1] exact, specific accurate, appropriate, blow by blow*, circumstantial, clocklike, detailed, distinct, especial, express, full, individual, intrinsic, itemized, limited, local, meticulous, minute, painstaking, particularized, peculiar,… …   New thesaurus

• 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