niggly

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Bad-tempered, especially about trivial details.

   “With so much at stake, both teams were hesitant and cagey early on, the game with littered with late tackles and niggly fouls.”

2. sıfat Trivial, insignificant

   “They'd argue a lot, about little niggly things — and they had never been like that.”

3. sıfat Pernickety, paying too much attention to small details.

   “Now things are less confrontational but just as niggly. The Spanish examine drivers' papers with elaborate care, causing huge traffic jams”