fussy

Preposition: about

• type: Some bunnies are fussy about the type or shape of litter tray they use.
• food: He's been very fussy about food, which isn't like him.
• condition: Some Do's and Don'ts Do be fussy about the conditions that your perspective pig is being kept in.
• quality: Normally, we are very fussy about the quality of the blackboard surface -I can tell a lot on that subject.

Modifies a noun

• eater: Not a fussy eater, he does well on most foods.
• feeder: The mix contains Baileys ' popular Garlic Supplement which adds its familiar aroma and flavor helping to tempt the fussy feeder.
• eating: Rather surprised to note no threads on fussy eating here.
• baby: Soothes fussy babies It is amazing how quickly a baby will settle down once wrapped in the Moby Wrap.
• child: I wouldn't have a fussy child, oh no.
• detail: The satin is rich and soft, also the lack of fussy detail gives a youthful simplicity.

Modifying Another Word

• overly: I'm not an expert on football by a long way, but the ref for the England game seemed to be overly fussy.
• too: Don't be too fussy, just give the lawn a good brush.
• extremely: My mother, who I might say is extremely fussy, could not fault the lodge.
• quite: Quite fussy... RG: He was, really.
• rather: And yet the reader is provided with a pointer in the rather fussy pun on ' odyssey ' .
• very: He seemed very fussy, in his North London accented way.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: The pike didn't seem fussy about the color.
• become: Concerns My child's suddenly become really fussy Want to know more?
• get: I let the animals inhabit it to a degree, and try not to get too fussy about cobwebs and debris.
• look: To someone who didn't know him, it might have looked fussy.