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The definition of fussy is a person demanding attention, complaining a lot or worrying about nothing.

(adjective)

An example of fussy is a baby who's only happy when being held.
An example of fussy is someone who anxiously paces their house making everything perfect.

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See fussy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective fussier, fussiest

1. habitually fussing; bustling about or worrying over trifles
2. overly exacting and hard to please
3. whining, fretting, etc., as a baby
showing or needing careful attention
full of unnecessary details

Related Forms:

fussily adverb
fussiness noun

See fussy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective fuss·i·er, fuss·i·est

Easily upset; given to bouts of ill temper: a fussy baby.
Paying great or excessive attention to personal tastes and appearance; fastidious: He was always fussy about clothes.
Calling for or requiring great attention to sometimes trivial details: a fussy actuarial problem.
Full of superfluous details: “It can indeed be fussy, filling with ornament what should be empty space” (H.D.F. Kitto).

Related Forms:

fussˈi·ly adverb

fussˈi·ness noun

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