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Adj. (kleinlich) pedantic, nitpicking umg.; attr. (haarspalterisch) hair-splitting...; eine spitzfindige Unterscheidung auch a very fine distinction* * *subtle; wiredrawn; over-subtle* * *spịtz|fin|dig1. adjover(ly)-subtle, over(ly)-precise; (= haarspalterisch auch) hairsplitting, nit-picking (inf); Unterschied auch over(ly)-nice2. advin an over(ly)-subtle way* * *spitz·fin·digII. adv\spitzfindig argumentieren/auslegen [o interpretieren] to split hairs* * *1.Adjektiv; hair-splitting, over-subtle; quibbling < distinction>; pettifogging < quibble>2.adverbial in an over-subtle way* * *eine spitzfindige Unterscheidung auch a very fine distinction* * *1.Adjektiv; hair-splitting, over-subtle; quibbling < distinction>; pettifogging < quibble>2.adverbial in an over-subtle way* * *adj.hair-splitting adj.pedantic adj.subtle adj.
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wiredrawn — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: from past participle of wiredraw : drawn out long and fine like wire : excessively minute and fine wiredrawn comparisons Virginia Woolf wiredrawn theories * * * /wuyeur drawn /, adj. 1. drawn out long and thin like … Useful english dictionary
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