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Definition of Choosy
1. Adjective. Difficult to please.
Definition of Choosy
1. Adjective. taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Choosy
1. hard to please [adj CHOOSIER, CHOOSIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Choosy
Literary usage of Choosy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Be choosy * £• L When you're ordering laboratory bottles or carboys, ... So go
ahead, be choosy. Nalgene Labware... better all the time *-°т your Laboratory ..."
2. Reading with Meaning: Teaching Comprehension in the Primary Grades by Debbie Miller (2002)
"Be choosy. Build your collection slowly. For thinking aloud, look for high-quality
... Be choosy about what you select for kids to read independently, too. ..."
3. Trukese-English Dictionary =: Pwpwuken Tettenin Fóós, Chuuk-Ingenes by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1990)
"choosing, selecting. choosy ... (be) a choosy person, fastidious, particular, fussy.
chop lop off (as with an axe). ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"He liked to see his wife being so difficult to please and so choosy, sparing
neither her own time nor that of the saleswoman and addressing the latter in a ..."
5. Annual Report by Cincinnati (Ohio), Board of Education, Cincinnati Public Schools, Cincinnati (Ohio). Board of Education (1890)
"... and in each village and special district the Board of Education shall choosy
its own treasurer. SEC. 4043. Each school district treasurer or county ..."
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