PERNICKETY meaning: Excessively concerned with minor details

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pernickety: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
pernickety: Merriam-Webster
pernickety: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
pernickety: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
pernickety: Collins English Dictionary
pernickety: Vocabulary.com
pernickety: Wordnik
pernickety: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
pernickety: Wiktionary
pernickety: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
pernickety: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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pernickety: Dictionary.com
pernickety: Online Etymology Dictionary
pernickety: Rhymezone
pernickety: FreeDictionary.org
pernickety: Mnemonic Dictionary
pernickety: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Pernickety: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective: (chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.
▸ adjective: Requiring attention to minor details.

Opposite:

careless, laid-back, easygoing, relaxed

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