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Definition of picky adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

picky

adjective
 
/ˈpɪki/
 
/ˈpɪki/
 (informal)
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  1. (of a person) liking only particular things and difficult to please synonym fussy
    • a picky eater
    • She’s very picky about her clothes.
    Topics Preferences and decisionsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPicky is used with these nouns:
    • eater
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Nearby words

alloy
noun
 
 
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