persnickety

Who cares if your persnickety aunt or controlling cousin surveys the updated holiday table with a huff?

Howard is persnickety but forbearing and appreciates quirks.

"The rest is needlessly persnickety. Very much in keeping with her tone and tenor last we saw her during the investigation," he added.

Earlier, more persnickety machines would operate between 50% and 75% of the available time, vexing officials trying to schedule a facility’s users.

She asked if it looked OK or if she was just being too persnickety.