pernickety

The definition of pernickety, commonly spelled persnickety, is a particular attention to detail to the point of being too demanding.

(adjective)

An example of a pernickety person is someone who stands over a project and hounds the workers until every last minor detail is attended to.

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See pernickety in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

persnickety

See pernickety in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
Persnickety.

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