Pernicketily
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 British English standard form of persnicketily. British, English, alt-of, standard
"He spent little on himself: his income must have been enormous, but he was pernicketily honest, he didn't use any half-legitimate devices for sliding away from taxes, and he had not made an impressive fortune."
Example
More examples"He spent little on himself: his income must have been enormous, but he was pernicketily honest, he didn't use any half-legitimate devices for sliding away from taxes, and he had not made an impressive fortune."
Etymology
From pernickety + -ly.
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