| English Dictionary |
PICKY (pickier, pickiest)
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
| IPA (US): |  |
Irregular inflected forms: pickier , pickiest
, pickiest Dictionary entry overview: What does picky mean?
• PICKY (adjective)
The adjective PICKY has 1 sense:
1. exacting especially about details
Familiarity information: PICKY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Comparative: pickier
Superlative: pickiest
Superlative: pickiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exacting especially about details
Synonyms:
finical; finicky; fussy; particular; picky
Context example:
very particular about how her food was prepared
Similar:
fastidious (giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Butter is gold in the morning, silver at noon, lead at night." (English proverb)
"There is no winter for who has remained in his mother's womb" (Breton proverb)
"There is no evil without goodness." (Armenian proverb)
"Away from the eye, out of the heart." (Dutch proverb)
"There is no winter for who has remained in his mother's womb" (Breton proverb)
"There is no evil without goodness." (Armenian proverb)
"Away from the eye, out of the heart." (Dutch proverb)