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In some senses, finicky is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
adj
Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.
My editor is very finicky about punctuation. Every dot and comma has to be just right.
She has a finicky baby that's hard to feed.
Demanding; requiring above-normal care.
The lawnmower is a bit finicky in cold weather.
Instead of Rose Levy Beranbaum’s Cream Cheese Pie Crust from her addictingly finicky The Pie and Pastry Bible, I decided to make her Sour Cream Crust.