Definition of Persnickety

being overly focused on small details

Examples of Persnickety in a sentence

The persnickety housewife couldn’t stand for anything to be out of place in her perfect home.  🔊

My boss’s persnickety personality causes her to micromanage the entire office, always wanting to make every little decision herself.  🔊

Our persnickety English teacher picked our essays apart, correcting almost every single line.  🔊

The picky eater is persnickety about his food and refuses to eat a steak that is anything less than well done.  🔊

Persnickety neighbors in the subdivision complain about every single thing from other people’s overgrown lawns to loud cookouts.  🔊

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