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单词 niggling
释义 niggling
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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