| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. An alternative spelling for "Finicky": Finical; unduly particular.[Websters]
2. Being fussy, pernickety, fastidious, choosy or squeamish. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being exacting, severe, harsh, rigorous or strict. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being difficult, troublesome, hard, critical or unmanageable. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being tricky or knotty. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being awkward, uneasy or inconvenient. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being arduous, uphill or laborious. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being tough, stiff, inflexible, rigid or inhumane. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being dainty or delicate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb finickingly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (finickingly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective finicking.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FINICKING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1715. (references) |
