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wählerisch — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • choosy adjective Careful and selective about what you pick, wanting things to match your exact tastes or standards.
  • delicate adjective Easily damaged and needing careful handling.
  • demanding adjective Requiring a lot of effort, skill, or patience.
  • exacting adjective Demanding a lot from people; hard to satisfy.
  • fastidious adj Extremely careful about small details, especially cleanliness and order; hard to please.
  • fussy adjective Overly concerned with small details; hard to satisfy.
  • picky adj Hard to please; fussy about details and demanding that things be exactly right.
  • selective adj Choosing carefully rather than accepting everything or everyone.

Senses

wählerisch is used for these senses in English:

  • delicate Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
  • delicate Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.
  • demanding Making great demands in terms of quality, quantity, accuracy or other criteria; difficult to satisfy.
  • exacting Making great demands; difficult to satisfy.
  • fastidious Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.
  • fastidious Difficult to please; quick to find fault.
  • fussy Having a tendency to fuss, cry, or be bad-tempered/ill-tempered (especially of babies).
  • selective (of a person) Choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting.

delicate — full definition

  1. adjective Easily damaged and needing careful handling.
  2. adjective Requiring tact or care because of its sensitive nature.
  3. adjective Fine or subtle in detail, texture, or flavor.

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