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Fastidious

Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious appetite.

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Dainty 84% connected

Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything.

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Dainty 84% connected

Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything.

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Finical 84% connected

Affectedly fine; overnice; unduly particular; fastidious.

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Finical 84% connected

Affectedly fine; overnice; unduly particular; fastidious.

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Finicky 84% connected

Finical; unduly particular.

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Finicky 84% connected

Finical; unduly particular.

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Fussy 84% connected

Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado about trifles; overnice; fidgety.

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Fussy 84% connected

Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado about trifles; overnice; fidgety.

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Meticulous 84% connected

Timid; fearful.

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Meticulous 84% connected

Timid; fearful.

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Nice 84% connected

Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.

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Nice 84% connected

Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.

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Old-maidish 84% connected

Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular.

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Old-maidish 84% connected

Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular.

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Old-womanish 84% connected

Like an old woman; anile.

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Old-womanish 84% connected

Like an old woman; anile.

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Overnice 84% connected

Excessively nice; fastidious.

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Overnice 84% connected

Excessively nice; fastidious.

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Particular 84% connected

Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a part separated from the whole or from others of the class; separate; sole; single; individual…

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Particular 84% connected

Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a part separated from the whole or from others of the class; separate; sole; single; individual…

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Squeamish 84% connected

Having a stomach that is easily or nauseated; hence, nice to excess in taste; fastidious; easily disgusted; apt to be offended at trifling impropriet…

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Squeamish 84% connected

Having a stomach that is easily or nauseated; hence, nice to excess in taste; fastidious; easily disgusted; apt to be offended at trifling impropriet…

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Tidy 66% connected

The wren; -- called also tiddy.

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Tidy 66% connected

The wren; -- called also tiddy.

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Synonym 1

Exacting 92% connected

of Exact

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