pernickety

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Adjective pernickety has 1 sense

pernickety, persnickety - characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details; "a persnickety job"; "a persnickety school teacher"
Antonym: unfastidious (indirect, via fastidious)

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Pernickety

Part of Speech: Adjective

Sense 1: Excessively precise, fussy or finicky in matters of detail.

Usage: She was always pernickety about the way her books were arranged on the shelf.

Example Sentence 1: The chef became pernickety, insisting that all the vegetables must be chopped into perfectly uniform pieces.

Example Sentence 2: My sister is so pernickety about grammar that she corrects everyone's speech constantly.

Sense 2: Characterized by excessive neatness or cleanliness.

Usage: The pernickety lady could not tolerate a single speck of dust in her tidy home.

Example Sentence 1: Martha's obsessive-compulsive tendencies made her pernickety when it came to keeping her kitchen spotless.

Example Sentence 2: The pernickety hotel owner ensured that every room was meticulously cleaned and arranged for the guests.