Definition of choosy in English:

choosy

adjectivechoosier, choosiestˈtʃuːziˈtʃuzi

informal

Taking excessive care when making a choice.
she's become very choosy about food
Example sentencesExamples
- According to Christopher McKee, the Navy enjoyed a better public image than the Army during the last century and could be choosy in the young men it recruited.
- He has 23 years of experience in satisfying hungry customers, some of whom were very choosy about what went into their stomach.
- One can't be choosy when one has been unemployed for five years.
- He will be choosy - more so now his own money and reputation is on the block, but also because he wants to use his time and experience to maximum effect.
- I admit I am very choosy when it comes to making friends - always preferring quality over quantity.
- Second, since employers will be unable to fire someone, they are very choosy about whom they hire.
- Being too choosy to find a proper suitor for herself, Emma ignores her own romantic desires and endeavors to find a match for her friend.
- This young actress plans to be choosy about the director, her co-stars and the script before she signs the dotted line.
- Banks are getting choosy over deposits, discouraging big deposits, particularly from corporates.
- Even the poorest of the poor, when given a choice, can be choosy about brands.
- When those factors are combined with much wider experience in overseas travel, people thinking about buying abroad are much more choosy nowadays.
- Analysts say it means consumers can be more choosy, looking for the best deals and that's going to cost the cell phone carriers.
- She preferred white meat and warm buttered rolls, but she wasn't choosy.
- He is one of our greatest actors but has always been very choosy.
- Most of children in rural areas are not very choosy about food and eat few between-meal snacks.
- People have to be very careful about what they buy: real estate's fine but you've just got to be very choosy.
- He had wanted to work with a bigger equities platform but was choosy about which American house to join, sharing some of his former boss's views but not his prejudices.
- Is he just doing it because he figures at his age, he can't be choosy?
- Buyers are quite choosy and expect something new all the time, whether it is mobile phone ring tones or data cables for a digital diary.
- Females are typically more choosy than males when selecting a mate from the pool of available partners.
Synonyms
fussy, finicky, over-fastidious, over-particular, faddish, difficult/hard to please, dainty, exacting, demanding
discriminating, discerning, selective
informal picky, pernickety
British informal faddy
North American informal persnickety
archaic nice, overnice
rare finical

Derivatives

choosily

adverb

informal

On ‘Wax’, the voice is an oft authoritative, domineering cadence that choosily enunciates its way through the verbal tapestry of ‘American Dream’.
Example sentencesExamples
- Mom and I would then go to those markets and buy very carefully, very choosily.
- He is a director of Brighton And Hove Albion; he still accepts DJ engagements, albeit more choosily; and he has an occasional radio show which is syndicated to stations across the US.
- I show that unlike the unemployed, employed workers search choosily, that is choose a non-trivial range of markets to prospect on.
- Doggie treats are practical and often nutritional - choose your treats choosily.

choosiness

noun

informal

Furthermore, the three focal bird species took the baits in very different ways in this experiment, ranging from no selection by color to a high level of choosiness.
Example sentencesExamples
- And yet, despite their choosiness, I wouldn't want to adopt their nutritional habits.
- Clearly, the prediction of greater female choosiness under sexual selection models, and more equal choosiness under reinforcement models, is the least definitive of the three predictions.
- Downie puts her lack of profile down to her age, her gender, the fact her charcoal drawings, digital installations, photography, prints and collages are difficult to categorise, and also her choosiness about where she exhibits.
- Even if females only sample males passively, choosiness and acceptance criteria could depend on male phenotypes encountered.

Rhymes

bluesy, boozy, doozy, floozie, jacuzzi, medusae, newsy, oozy, Pusey, snoozy, Susie, Uzi, woozy

Definition of choosy in US English:

choosy

adjectiveˈCHo͞ozēˈtʃuzi

informal

Overly fastidious in making a choice.
〈非正式〉（选择时）过分挑剔的
she's become very choosy about food
Example sentencesExamples
- When those factors are combined with much wider experience in overseas travel, people thinking about buying abroad are much more choosy nowadays.
- Analysts say it means consumers can be more choosy, looking for the best deals and that's going to cost the cell phone carriers.
- Is he just doing it because he figures at his age, he can't be choosy?
- Buyers are quite choosy and expect something new all the time, whether it is mobile phone ring tones or data cables for a digital diary.
- He had wanted to work with a bigger equities platform but was choosy about which American house to join, sharing some of his former boss's views but not his prejudices.
- Being too choosy to find a proper suitor for herself, Emma ignores her own romantic desires and endeavors to find a match for her friend.
- She preferred white meat and warm buttered rolls, but she wasn't choosy.
- I admit I am very choosy when it comes to making friends - always preferring quality over quantity.
- This young actress plans to be choosy about the director, her co-stars and the script before she signs the dotted line.
- Second, since employers will be unable to fire someone, they are very choosy about whom they hire.
- He has 23 years of experience in satisfying hungry customers, some of whom were very choosy about what went into their stomach.
- According to Christopher McKee, the Navy enjoyed a better public image than the Army during the last century and could be choosy in the young men it recruited.
- Females are typically more choosy than males when selecting a mate from the pool of available partners.
- One can't be choosy when one has been unemployed for five years.
- Banks are getting choosy over deposits, discouraging big deposits, particularly from corporates.
- He is one of our greatest actors but has always been very choosy.
- He will be choosy - more so now his own money and reputation is on the block, but also because he wants to use his time and experience to maximum effect.
- Even the poorest of the poor, when given a choice, can be choosy about brands.
- People have to be very careful about what they buy: real estate's fine but you've just got to be very choosy.
- Most of children in rural areas are not very choosy about food and eat few between-meal snacks.
Synonyms
fussy, finicky, over-fastidious, over-particular, faddish, difficult to please, hard to please, dainty, exacting, demanding

单词	choosy
释义	Definition of choosy in English: choosy adjectivechoosier, choosiestˈtʃuːziˈtʃuzi informal Taking excessive care when making a choice. she's become very choosy about food Example sentencesExamples According to Christopher McKee, the Navy enjoyed a better public image than the Army during the last century and could be choosy in the young men it recruited. He has 23 years of experience in satisfying hungry customers, some of whom were very choosy about what went into their stomach. One can't be choosy when one has been unemployed for five years. He will be choosy - more so now his own money and reputation is on the block, but also because he wants to use his time and experience to maximum effect. I admit I am very choosy when it comes to making friends - always preferring quality over quantity. Second, since employers will be unable to fire someone, they are very choosy about whom they hire. Being too choosy to find a proper suitor for herself, Emma ignores her own romantic desires and endeavors to find a match for her friend. This young actress plans to be choosy about the director, her co-stars and the script before she signs the dotted line. Banks are getting choosy over deposits, discouraging big deposits, particularly from corporates. Even the poorest of the poor, when given a choice, can be choosy about brands. When those factors are combined with much wider experience in overseas travel, people thinking about buying abroad are much more choosy nowadays. Analysts say it means consumers can be more choosy, looking for the best deals and that's going to cost the cell phone carriers. She preferred white meat and warm buttered rolls, but she wasn't choosy. He is one of our greatest actors but has always been very choosy. Most of children in rural areas are not very choosy about food and eat few between-meal snacks. People have to be very careful about what they buy: real estate's fine but you've just got to be very choosy. He had wanted to work with a bigger equities platform but was choosy about which American house to join, sharing some of his former boss's views but not his prejudices. Is he just doing it because he figures at his age, he can't be choosy? Buyers are quite choosy and expect something new all the time, whether it is mobile phone ring tones or data cables for a digital diary. Females are typically more choosy than males when selecting a mate from the pool of available partners. Synonyms fussy, finicky, over-fastidious, over-particular, faddish, difficult/hard to please, dainty, exacting, demanding discriminating, discerning, selective informal picky, pernickety British informal faddy North American informal persnickety archaic nice, overnice rare finical Derivatives choosily adverb informal On ‘Wax’, the voice is an oft authoritative, domineering cadence that choosily enunciates its way through the verbal tapestry of ‘American Dream’. Example sentencesExamples Mom and I would then go to those markets and buy very carefully, very choosily. He is a director of Brighton And Hove Albion; he still accepts DJ engagements, albeit more choosily; and he has an occasional radio show which is syndicated to stations across the US. I show that unlike the unemployed, employed workers search choosily, that is choose a non-trivial range of markets to prospect on. Doggie treats are practical and often nutritional - choose your treats choosily. choosiness noun informal Furthermore, the three focal bird species took the baits in very different ways in this experiment, ranging from no selection by color to a high level of choosiness. Example sentencesExamples And yet, despite their choosiness, I wouldn't want to adopt their nutritional habits. Clearly, the prediction of greater female choosiness under sexual selection models, and more equal choosiness under reinforcement models, is the least definitive of the three predictions. Downie puts her lack of profile down to her age, her gender, the fact her charcoal drawings, digital installations, photography, prints and collages are difficult to categorise, and also her choosiness about where she exhibits. Even if females only sample males passively, choosiness and acceptance criteria could depend on male phenotypes encountered. Rhymes bluesy, boozy, doozy, floozie, jacuzzi, medusae, newsy, oozy, Pusey, snoozy, Susie, Uzi, woozy Definition of choosy in US English: choosy adjectiveˈCHo͞ozēˈtʃuzi informal Overly fastidious in making a choice. 〈非正式〉（选择时）过分挑剔的 she's become very choosy about food Example sentencesExamples When those factors are combined with much wider experience in overseas travel, people thinking about buying abroad are much more choosy nowadays. Analysts say it means consumers can be more choosy, looking for the best deals and that's going to cost the cell phone carriers. Is he just doing it because he figures at his age, he can't be choosy? Buyers are quite choosy and expect something new all the time, whether it is mobile phone ring tones or data cables for a digital diary. He had wanted to work with a bigger equities platform but was choosy about which American house to join, sharing some of his former boss's views but not his prejudices. Being too choosy to find a proper suitor for herself, Emma ignores her own romantic desires and endeavors to find a match for her friend. She preferred white meat and warm buttered rolls, but she wasn't choosy. I admit I am very choosy when it comes to making friends - always preferring quality over quantity. This young actress plans to be choosy about the director, her co-stars and the script before she signs the dotted line. Second, since employers will be unable to fire someone, they are very choosy about whom they hire. He has 23 years of experience in satisfying hungry customers, some of whom were very choosy about what went into their stomach. According to Christopher McKee, the Navy enjoyed a better public image than the Army during the last century and could be choosy in the young men it recruited. Females are typically more choosy than males when selecting a mate from the pool of available partners. One can't be choosy when one has been unemployed for five years. Banks are getting choosy over deposits, discouraging big deposits, particularly from corporates. He is one of our greatest actors but has always been very choosy. He will be choosy - more so now his own money and reputation is on the block, but also because he wants to use his time and experience to maximum effect. Even the poorest of the poor, when given a choice, can be choosy about brands. People have to be very careful about what they buy: real estate's fine but you've just got to be very choosy. Most of children in rural areas are not very choosy about food and eat few between-meal snacks. Synonyms fussy, finicky, over-fastidious, over-particular, faddish, difficult to please, hard to please, dainty, exacting, demanding
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