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stickler
[ stik-ler ]
noun
- a person who insists on something unyieldingly (usually followed by for ):
a stickler for ceremony.
Synonyms: , ,
- any puzzling or difficult problem.
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stickler
/ ˈɪə /
noun
- usually foll by for a person who makes insistent demands
a stickler for accuracy
- a problem or puzzle
the investigation proved to be a stickler
Example Sentences
We know Maresca is a stickler for playing out from the back, but doing that against Newcastle is asking for trouble.
I can be quite a stickler with tuning.
“He’s such a stickler for the details that sometimes I have to tell him to give himself some grace, allow himself to be a little more kind to himself,” Pleasant said.
Samuel Beckett, a stickler for faithfulness, didn’t share this laissez-faire attitude toward his stage directions, which he expected to be punctiliously observed by others.
In my own home, this year, I became much more of a stickler about wasting food.
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