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pickily

adv

Etymology

From picky + -ly.

  1. derived from *bew-✻
  2. inherited from *pikkōną✻ — “to pick, peck, prick, knock”
  3. inherited from *pikkōn✻
  4. inherited from *piccian✻
  5. inherited from piken
  6. formed as picky — “pick + -y”
  7. suffixed as pickily — “picky + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a picky way

    In a picky way; pedantically.

The neighborhood

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