fiddly

Okay, to give you an idea of what I mean when I say I'm fussing prose, and the kind of fiddly revision that eats up so much time, here's how it works.

the morning light is hell at the camelot motel matociquala 2007

It's kind of fiddly, not so quick, but everyone loves 'em.

Hungry? Brilynn 2008

I sometimes do lattice crust (when I'm in a country where I actually have an oven) but it is kind of fiddly, so I more often just do a flat one.

My Morning in Pictures 2006

The naturalness of the added rule determines whether people consider it a natural extension of the mechanic or a "fiddly" addition to the ruleset.

Archive 2007-04-01 2007

But I found over time that the results were inconsistent, and it was kind of "fiddly", and alot of people had trouble finding Pomona's.

Archive 2007-02-01 Bryanna Clark Grogan 2007

I found the pattern to be a bit "fiddly", but the end product is darn cute.

right down to the tails mare 2005

Too fiddly, too likely to be run around, and in some cases possibly too restrictive in ways that might not be foreseen.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Help Draft the Federalism Restoration Amendment 2010

Complete disassembly of a laptop membrane keyboard is not for the faint-hearted and is time consuming and fiddly – but we have done so on a number of occasions with some success.

How To Save Your Keyboard After A Spill | Lifehacker Australia 2009

The problem with integrated this and satnav that is that the more fiddly and complicated the quicker it gets broken.

British Transport Police « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

Yar har fiddly dee, being a pirate is alright with me, do what you want cuz a pirate is free you are a pirate!

obama meets a pirate | My[confined]Space 2009