fiddliness

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noun

The quality of being fiddly; complicated awkwardness.

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Meanings

nounfiddliness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being fiddly; complicated awkwardness.

    An acoustic guitarist of demonstrable skill — she used to demonstrate it all the time when she played by herself, tapping or slapping the strings, using the heel of her hand, deftly fingerpicking —— she turned a corner a few years ago, taking a few steps away from fiddliness.

    2008 March 10, Jon Pareles, “Music Ripe to Remix”, in New York Times

Origin

From fiddly + -ness.

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APA

fiddliness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fiddliness

MLA

“fiddliness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fiddliness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fiddliness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fiddliness.

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