hairsplitting :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (1)

word-splitting

n. making too fine distinctions of little importance; "they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously"

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Adjectives (1)

finespun

adj. developed in excessively fine detail; "finespun distinctions"

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Synonyms (10)

accurate

adj. conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale"

dead, unerring

adj. unerringly accurate; "a dead shot"; "took dead aim"

fine, subtle

adj. minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a fine distinction"

nice, meticulous, punctilious

adj. marked by precise accordance with details; "meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette"

pinpoint

adj. meticulously precise; "pinpoint accuracy"

very

adj. precisely as stated; "the very center of town"

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hairsplitting

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