What is "fiddly"

Usage examples of "fiddly".

They had been ages working out how you put recognisable hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades on each as a motif, but between radishes and black olives as fiddly little decorations they had come up with something acceptable.

He buttoned it from the crotch to his chin, forcing his bandaged hands to do the fiddly work.

These gates pulled across like trellises and locked into place, but they were fiddly, and an extra job.

They were also expected to be able to read and write, those being considered soft indoor jobs that were too fiddly for the boys.

A highball on the nightstand was the color of good black coffee as it sat in its fiddly holder.

Electronics experts are accustomed to small fiddly things and detonators are small fiddly things.

Porter proved adept at twisting the copper wire into the correct spiral shape, but the connections were fiddly and intricate, and her soldering needed constant supervision.

They had been ages working out how you put recognisable hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades on each as a motif, but between radishes and black olives as fiddly little decorations they had come up with something acceptable.

I got out my adjustable spanner and gingerly tweaked the fiddly little enhancement vernier.

There are more involved 'half and half' implementations for use when you want some of the gate's own functions to augment those of the timeslide: but that kind of implementation is kind of fiddly.

There are more involved ‘half and half’ implementations for use when you want some of the gate’s own functions to augment those of the timeslide: but that kind of implementation is kind of fiddly.

It wouldn't be a whisper, would it, Tom, something you needed all this fiddly technology to pick up on?

After some time, Khat had been able to repair the instrument, replacing all the fiddly bits of metal and wire by trial and error, and Sagai had polished off the job by painting the case with delicate scrollwork.