Choosy - English meaning

adjective

Delicately small and pretty.

Usage examples:

A dainty lace handkerchief

noun

Something good to eat; a delicacy.

Usage examples:

Home-made breads, jams, and dainties

adjective

Small and attractive in a delicate way

Usage examples:

A dainty wrist/hand, dainty flowers

adjective

(of a task) requiring much skill or effort.

Usage examples:

She has a busy and demanding job

verb

Ask authoritatively or brusquely.

Usage examples:

‘where is she?’ he demanded

adjective

Needing a lot of attention, effort, or time

Usage examples:

I’m trying to learn english, and i find it very demanding.

adjective

Having or showing good judgement.

Usage examples:

The brasserie attracts discerning customers

verb

Recognize or find out.

Usage examples:

I can discern no difference between the two policies

adjective

Able to make or usually making careful judgments about the quality of similar things

Usage examples:

Marion is a discerning judge of good design.

adjective

Having or showing refined taste or good judgement.

Usage examples:

He became a discriminating collector and patron of the arts

verb

Recognize a distinction; differentiate.

Usage examples:

Babies can discriminate between different facial expressions

adjective

Able to judge the quality of something based on its difference from other, similar things

Usage examples:

A discriminating music lover, discriminating buyers/shoppers

adjective

Making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources.

Usage examples:

The exacting standards laid down by the organic food industry

verb

Demand and obtain (something) from someone.

Usage examples:

He exacted promises that another watergate would never be allowed to happen

adjective

Demanding a lot of effort, care, or attention

Usage examples:

All our aircraft meet exacting safety standards.

adjective

Intensely fashionable or popular for a short period of time.

Usage examples:

Superficial, faddish approaches to spirituality

adjective

Fashionable but not likely to stay fashionable for a long time

Usage examples:

Faddish diets are unlikely to work in the long term.

adjective

Having many arbitrary and often unusual likes and dislikes about food.

Usage examples:

A faddy eater

adjective

Liking or disliking particular things, especially food, for no good reason

Usage examples:

I was a really faddy eater when i was young.

adjective

(of a person) fussy about their needs or requirements.

Usage examples:

A finicky eater

adjective

Giving too much attention to small details; hard to please

Usage examples:

A finicky dresser, a finicky eater

adjective

Not easily satisfied or pleased, and only liking or accepting particular things

Usage examples:

A finicky eater, if they change their product too much they may annoy finicky consumers., finicky a…

adjective

Fastidious about one's needs or requirements; hard to please.

Usage examples:

He is very fussy about what he eats

adjective

Not easily satisfied or pleased; worried or careful about unimportant details

Usage examples:

She’s really fussy about who she goes out with., kevin’s a fussy eater., my new dress is sophistica…

adjective

Not easily satisfied, or having very high standards about particular things

Usage examples:

All my children were fussy eaters., fussy about he's so fussy about the house - everything has to b…

adjective

Giving pleasure or satisfaction; pleasant or attractive.

Usage examples:

We had a very nice time

abbreviation

(in england and wales) national institute for health and care excellence.

Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance

adjective

Giving too much attention to small details and wanting everything to be more correct than is necessary or helpful

Usage examples:

He is critical of others, over-fastidious, and likes to be in charge of everything., her pronunciat…

adjective

Someone who is over-particular is never satisfied and always wants close attention to be given to every detail.

Usage examples:

Not over-particular about it was said that he had not been over-particular about the means by which…

adjective

Someone who is over-particular is never satisfied and always wants close attention to be given to every detail.

Usage examples:

Not over-particular about it was said that he had not been over-particular about the means by which…

adjective

Excessively fussy or fastidious.

Usage examples:

Mildred was overnice in regard to their father

adjective

Placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy.

Usage examples:

She's very pernickety about her food

adjective

Giving too much attention to small details that are not important in a way that annoys other people

adjective

Placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy.

Usage examples:

She's very persnickety about her food

adjective

Giving too much attention to small details that are not important in a way that annoys other people

adjective

Fussy and hard to please.

Usage examples:

They are becoming increasingly picky about where they stay

adjective

See at pick

Usage examples:

A picky eater

adjective

Relating to or involving the selection of the most suitable or best qualified.

Usage examples:

The cow is the result of generations of selective breeding

adjective

Careful in choosing

Usage examples:

The school is very selective and accepts only those students who are extremely motivated., purebred…

adjective

Intentionally choosing certain things or people, and not others

Usage examples:

Be selective about sth we need to be more selective about the people we hire., be selective in sth/…