Pernicketily
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Pernicketily is an adverb meaning British English standard form of persnicketily.
Meaning
British English standard form of persnicketily.
Example Sentences
He spent little on himself: his income must have been enormous, but he was pernicketily honest, he didn't use any half-legitimate devices for sliding away from taxes, and he had not made an impressive fortune.
The hall was brilliantly lit, pernicketily tidy, the hall of a childless couple. No voice greeted me. I went quickly inside the drawing-room. Here also the lights attacked me, as in the dazzle I saw my wife. Saw her quiet, composed, preoccupied.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include persnicketily, finickily, punctiliously, pickily, perfervidly, nitpickingly.
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