NIGGLING


Meaning of NIGGLING in English

adjective

Etymology: from present participle of niggle

1. : petty

impatient with small patterns and regular meters, which they find niggling and hampering — Louise Bogan

2.

a. : meticulous

being some niggling task, usually the preparation of a very careful drawing — Lancet

b. : overelaborate or feeble in execution

the brushwork trailed off in niggling strokes — Atlantic

• nig·gling·ly adverb

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