Persnickety and Stiff

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Persnickety adjective - Requiring much time, effort, or careful attention.

Usage example: lacked the patience to deal with such persnickety tasks as hanging wallpaper

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Stiff and persnickety are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stiff" instead an adjective "Persnickety".

Stiff adjective - Incapable of or highly resistant to bending.

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Persnickety and stiff are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Persnickety" instead an adjective "Stiff".

Nearby Words: stiffen, stiffness, stiffed, stiffly, stiffened

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