fiddly, a. colloq.
(ˈfɪdlɪ)
Also fiddley.
[f. fiddle v. + -y1.]
Requiring time or dexterity; pernickety.
| 1926 Blackw. Mag. Sept. 403/1 A fiddly sort of way of translating into action the Political's broad exhortation. 1960 Times 29 July 4/6 ‘Fiddly things’ should be done by automatic machines. 1964 Which? Apr. 43/2 The Commer's [roof]..needed rather a push to get it started and had fiddley catches. 1970 Amateur Photographer 11 Mar. 28/3 Working in total darkness to line up those fiddly bits of film. |