fiddling
Collocations
4ADJ.
little, still
FIDDLING + NOUN
beads, bow, fault, smartphone, stove, videocamera
PREP.
around, with
ADV.
always
Definitions
noun
The playing of music on a fiddle.
The act of fidgeting.
Tweaking; manipulation.
[W]e, her doctors […] seemed powerless to prevent [side-effects], despite all our reassurances, and all our fiddlings and manipulations with the dosage[…]
Was it deliberate that the first week of October 1961 was chosen to conduct a national survey of passenger usage? Why October of all months, when the holiday season was over and families back at work and at school? Was this a fiddling of the figures to make an unfair case against rail-dependent resorts such as those in the West Country, Norfolk, Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, where previously overloaded summer services would now only have a handful of locals on board?
adj
Of petty or trivial importance; footling
It was a fiddling little fault, but ultimately proved disastrous.
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6[W]e, her doctors […] seemed powerless to prevent [side-effects], despite all our reassurances, and all our fiddlings and manipulations with the dosage[…]
WiktionaryWas it deliberate that the first week of October 1961 was chosen to conduct a national survey of passenger usage? Why October of all months, when the holiday season was over and families back at work
WiktionaryIt was a fiddling little fault, but ultimately proved disastrous.
WiktionaryTom is fiddling with his bow tie.
Tatoeba · #3448923Sami was fiddling with the beads of his rosary.
Tatoeba · #7338041They're just fiddling around with that computer.
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