overparticular

Example Sentences

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I’m not just being overparticular here about a slightly irritating stylistic quirk.

From Slate • Feb. 1, 2013

For this reason, I salute the contestants of University Challenge and Only Connect for their indefatigability and obstinate dedication to the overparticular.

From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2012

As a rule she was not overparticular, but just then she was in that state of nerves when little things fretted her.

From Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters by Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert)

When it was a matter of those foreign gentlemen, German barons, Italian counts, Austrian princes, and so on, I was extremely particular, perhaps overparticular.

From Quaint Courtships by Howells, William Dean

He was never an impetuous man; always a thoughtful and methodical one, and always overparticular in respecting the courtesies of life.

From Tides of Barnegat by Smith, Francis Hopkinson