pickily
In choosy fashion
In a picky manner—with excessive fussiness or selectivity about details.
Someone who eats pickily refuses foods for minor reasons.
A person who chooses pickily examines every option with unreasonable scrutiny: She sorted pickily through the bin, rejecting tomato after tomato.
With excessive concern
- discriminatinglyWith careful distinction-making
- discerninglyWith keen perception
- particularlyTo an unusual extent
- fastidiouslyWith extreme carefulness
selectively · demandingly · exactingly · persnickety · squeamishly · daintily · delicately · precisely
With deliberate attention
- methodicallyIn an organized manner
- thoroughlyIn complete detail
- painstakinglyWith extreme thoroughness
- preciselyIn an exact manner
exactingly · systematically · conscientiously · diligently · assiduously · punctiliously · scrupulously · attentively
In a disapproving manner
- censoriouslyIn a fault-finding manner
- hypercriticallyWith excessive faultfinding
- disparaginglyIn a belittling manner
- dismissivelyShowing something unworthy of consideration
harshly · skeptically · unforgivingly · unsparingly · caviling · condemnatory · scathingly · acerbically
fussily
With excessive concern
- discriminatinglyWith careful distinction-making
- discerninglyWith keen perception
- particularlyTo an unusual extent
fastidiously · selectively · demandingly · exactingly · persnickety · squeamishly · daintily · delicately · precisely · scrupulously
carefully
With deliberate attention
- methodicallyIn an organized manner
- thoroughlyIn complete detail
- painstakinglyWith extreme thoroughness
precisely · exactingly · systematically · conscientiously · diligently · assiduously · punctiliously · scrupulously · attentively · rigorously
judgmentally
In a disapproving manner
- censoriouslyIn a fault-finding manner
- hypercriticallyWith excessive faultfinding
- disparaginglyIn a belittling manner
dismissively · harshly · skeptically · unforgivingly · unsparingly · caviling · condemnatory · scathingly · acerbically
pickilyindiscriminately
Without making distinctions
uncritically · randomly · permissively · promiscuously · tolerantly
- picking upGrasping and lifting
- picking onHarassing someone repeatedly
- picking up the piecesRebuilding after setback
- picking outChoosing from options
- slim pickingsVery limited options
- apple pickingCollecting orchard fruit by hand