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Finicky vs Finickety - What's the difference?

finicky | finickety |

As adjectives the difference between finicky and finickety

is that finicky is fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details while finickety is finicky; picky.

finicky

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (informal) Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.
  • ''The baby was finicky until her diaper was changed.
  • (informal) Demanding, requiring above-normal care.
  • The lawnmower is a bit finicky in cold weather.

    Usage notes

    * The forms (finickier) and (finickiest) also exist, but are quite rare, and perhaps nonstandard. The forms (term) and (term) are much more common, and certainly standard.

    Synonyms

    * fastidious, fussy * See

    Derived terms

    * finickiness * finickity

    finickety

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (colloquial) finicky; picky
  • * {{quote-book, 2003, , Death of Riley citation
  • , passage=She'd be crotchety and finickety . Old spinsters always are.}}