fussily
adverb
DISAPPROVINGuk/ˈfʌs.əl.i/us/ˈfʌs.əl.i/fussilyadverb(TOO MUCH CARE)
in a way thatshowsanunnecessaryamountofcareorworryabout something that is notimportant:
过分挑剔地;大惊小怪地Helayback on thebed,tuckingthedressinggownfussily round hislegs.他躺在床上,小心翼翼地把睡袍裹在腿上。
Theserviceis too fussilyattentive- we'reaskedsixtimesif we'veenjoyedourfood.服务有些过分周到了,我们被问了六次是否喜欢我们的食物。
- Hercoatfellto thefloor, and Bunny fussilyswoopedtoretrieveit.
- He fussily gaveinstructionsthewholetime.
- Hefiddledfussily with theclaspon hisbriefcase.
- Hepreferredto betreatedless fussily than in the moreexpensivehotels.
Wanting everything to be right
- anally
- anally retentive
- choosy
- cover all the basesidiom
- dot the i's and cross the t'sidiom
- finicky
- fuss
- fussbudget
- fussiness
- fusspot
- pedant
- pedantic
- pedantically
- pedantry
- perfectionism
- punctiliously
- punctiliousness
- purism
- purist
- stickler
fussilyadverb(TOO MUCH DECORATION)
in a way thatincludestoo muchdecorationand too manysmalldetails:
过分装饰地,过于繁琐地fussilydecorated被过度装饰的
See
fussy
- Herclotheshave to be verycarefullychosenbecause anything fussilyfrilled,checkedorhighlypatternedtendstolooktoobusyon thesmallscreen.
- She is fussily over-dressed,lacedand beribboned.
- Thecarhas a fussilystyledandpoorlyfittedglovebox.
- The 1950serahad fussilyconstructedgarments,cumbersomeskirts, cinchedwaists, andrigidhairstyles.
Not attractive to look at
- back end
- be no oil paintingidiom
- be not much to look atidiom
- bleakly
- bleakness
- chintzy
- excrescence
- gracelessly
- hatchet-faced
- have a face like the back end of a busidiom
- hideous
- hideousness
- homeliness
- pretty
- pretty-pretty
- reptilian
- scrappily
- scrappy
- vulgarity
- vulgarly