niggly
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niggly (comparative more niggly, superlative most niggly)
- Bad-tempered, especially about trivial details.
- Trivial, insignificant
- 2003, Michael Morpurgo, Kensuke's Kingdom[1], page 5:
- They'd argue a lot, about little niggly things — and they had never been like that.
- 1994, Douglas R. Graves, Life Drawing in Charcoal[2], page 153:
- You soon discover there isn't time (nor is there any need) to put in the niggly details. The essence of the pose is its attitude or action and a hint of the model.
- Pernickety, paying too much attention to small details.
- 2003, Michael Palin, Sahara, page 16:
- Now things are less confrontational but just as niggly. The Spanish examine drivers' papers with elaborate care, causing huge traffic jams