Definition of "finicky" []

• Insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fastidious: a finicky eater. (adjective)

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• "On the other hand, no one that stands in finicky dread of it and similar diseases can afford to travel in the South Seas."
• "For example, what the researchers term a "finicky slow student" - one obsessed with constant review at a very slow pace - will never perfectly learn a given topic."
• "Poinsettias, for example, are known as finicky plants that crave dark more than light, and which will die without that proper care."