Stickling [adjective]
Definition of Stickling:
detailed, perfectionist
Synonyms of Stickling:
● Precise
● Cautious
● Scrupulous
● Accurate
● Fastidious
● Thorough
● Strict
● Painstaking
● Conscientious
● Exact
● Fussy
● Heedful
● Microscopic
● Nitpicking
● Particular
● Persnickety
● Picky
● Punctilious
● Punctual
● Conscionable
Opposite/Antonyms of Stickling:
● Undetailed
● Undemanding
● Uncareful
● Thoughtless
● Careless
● Imprecise
● False
● Sloppy
● Messy
● Indefinite
● Uncritical
● Unscrupulous
● Negligent
● Questionable
● Inexact
● Inaccurate
Sentence/Example of Stickling:
"This will be brought to you by Stickling," the note said; but who Stickling was Vavasor did not know.
The artists fought this influence, stickling a long time for the severer classicism of ancient Greece.
Why, man, I found them fastened on him myself; and there was odd staving and stickling to make them 'ware haunch!'
This is seen in their way of stickling for accuracy when others repeat familiar word-forms.