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What does pernickety mean?

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Adjective
  1. niggly
  2. persnickety (US); more on Thesaurus:fastidious
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She meant it was God's house, I s'pose, but she needn't have been so pernickety.
Needless to say, there were a few of my pernickety readers who were quick to point out the folly of my ways.
I do not wish to seem unduly pernickety but the point may have some relevance in future cases.
Bree's prim, proper, and pernickety worried-but-coping manner is beautifully delivered and finely nuanced by Huffman into a very believable performance.
At last, those of us who are pernickety about our food can come out of the closet.
She is no longer pernickety about her house and her possessions.

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