finical

[ fin-i-kuh l ]

/ ˈfɪn ɪ kəl /

finicky.

Origin of finical

First recorded in 1585–95; fine¹ + -ical

un·fin·i·cal, adjective

Because you have finical poppets of mistresses who hide under the bed when you put on a big voice, forsooth!

Les Misrables |Victor Hugo
We should rather, if we were finical, have to speak of "rust-resisting" coatings as we do of "slow-burning" buildings.

Creative Chemistry |Edwin E. Slosson
But Scripture does not narrate events with the finical and pragmatic accuracy of modern annals.

The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Kings |F. W. Farrar
They disgust me always; Robertson with his pomp and his strut, and Gibbon with his finical and French manners.

The Works of William Cowper |William Cowper

To those who dislike the word, it suggests all that is finical and superfluous.

Etiquette |Emily Post

finical

/ (ˈfɪnɪkəl) /

another word for finicky

finicality, noun finically, adverb finicalness, noun