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/fin"i keuhl/, adj.finicky.[1585-95; FINE1 + -ICAL]
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Finical — Fin i*cal, a. [From {Fine}, a.] Affectedly fine; overnice; unduly particular; fastidious. Finical taste. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] The gross style consists in giving no detail, the finical in giving nothing else. Hazlitt. Syn: {Finical},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
finical — index meticulous, particular (exacting), precise, punctilious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
finical — 1590s; see FINICKY (Cf. finicky) … Etymology dictionary
finical — [fin′i kəl] adj. [< FINE1] FINICKY finicality [fin′i kal′ə tē] n. finically adv … English World dictionary
finical — adjective /ˈfɪnɪkəl/ Finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate. Charming, he said in a finical sweet voice, showing his white teeth and blinking his eyes pleasantly. See Also: finicky … Wiktionary
finical — finicky, finicking, finical particular, fussy, fastidious, *nice, dainty, squeamish, persnickety, pernickety Analogous words: exacting, demanding (see DEMAND vb): captious, carping, hypercritical, Critical: meticulous, punctilious, Careful:… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
finical — adjective Etymology: probably from 3fine Date: 1592 finicky • finically adverb • finicalness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
finical — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Very difficult to please: choosy, dainty, exacting, fastidious, finicky, fussy, meticulous, nice, particular, persnickety, squeamish. Informal: picky. See ACCEPT … English dictionary for students
finical — fin·i·cal || fɪnɪkl adj. fastidious, overly meticulous; hard to please, picky … English contemporary dictionary
finical — [ fɪnɪk(ə)l] adjective another term for finicky. Derivatives finicality noun finically adverb finicalness noun Origin C16: prob. from fine1 + ical … English new terms dictionary
