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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fuhs-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfʌs i |
Definition of fussiness
Origin :- 1831, from fuss (n.) + -y (2). Related: Fussily; fussiness.
- As in fastidiousness : noun thoroughness
- As in frippery : noun waste, nonsense
- We may grant that the fussiness of Sinclair told against his proposals.
- Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose
- I'd just put him out, and there'd be an end of his fussiness once for all.
- Extract from : « The Faith Doctor » by Edward Eggleston
- Her religious exhortations are backed by scoldings and fussiness.
- Extract from : « Stray Studies from England and Italy » by John Richard Greene
- On the contrary, never had their fussiness and zeal been greater than on this morning.
- Extract from : « The Duel » by A. I. Kuprin
- Fussiness and the forms of activity in all ages get great praise.
- Extract from : « Friends in Council » by Arthur Helps
- There was a fussiness about his manner which seemed strangely familiar to me.
- Extract from : « Miss Cayley's Adventures » by Grant Allen
- And before the first interview was over she was jeering at herself for her fussiness.
- Extract from : « Leonore Stubbs » by L. B. Walford
- It was evident that she attributed the criticism to what she termed "fussiness."
- Extract from : « The Leaven in a Great City » by Lillian William Betts
- They had to assume an indolent attitude in pure opposition to his fussiness.
- Extract from : « The Half-Hearted » by John Buchan
- I thought there was the least touch of affectation of fussiness, but it may not be so.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II » by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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