Get to know Fiddly better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Fiddly meaning
- Requiring dexterity to operate.
- Having many small bits or embellishments.
- Of or relating to fiddling or fidgeting.
Using Fiddly
- The main meaning on this page is: Requiring dexterity to operate. | Having many small bits or embellishments. | Of or relating to fiddling or fidgeting.
- In the example corpus, fiddly often appears in combinations such as: fiddly to, are fiddly, too fiddly.
Context around Fiddly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fiddly
- In this selection, "fiddly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, too, bit, little, loading, little and buttons stand out and add context to how "fiddly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bit fiddly loading up and a little fiddly fitting the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fiddly" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fiddly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Physical SIM cards are fiddly little critters. (7 words)
Surprisingly, it’s not too fiddly to sell your financed car. (11 words)
Attaching a screen protector isn’t hard, but it can be fiddly. (12 words)
I did find it a bit fiddly loading up the correct driver for the pen display, but I think that was just my well-worn laptop playing games, and although the basic stand it comes with will do the job for most people, a proper stand is a cost option. (50 words)
Things can get unduly fiddly when you're in the thick of a battle and need to take out a flying enemy with precision, although some superheroes do have auto-targeted range attacks in the latter stages of their skill-trees. (41 words)
Apart from that the only criticisms I had were the fiddly stubby little automatic gear control, and the tailgate, which was a bit too high and heavy for a wimp like me to deal with. (35 words)
Example sentences (19)
I did find it a bit fiddly loading up the correct driver for the pen display, but I think that was just my well-worn laptop playing games, and although the basic stand it comes with will do the job for most people, a proper stand is a cost option.
Physical SIM cards are fiddly little critters.
Surprisingly, it’s not too fiddly to sell your financed car.
The Vive XR Elite, in my week of use, just seemed too fiddly and sometimes glitchy to be something I'd get used to.
We only noted a few drawbacks -- a bulky design, and some fiddly buttons.
A little fiddly fitting the far screw, a second pair of hands is recommended but only took a few minutes and fits well.
Forget fiddly tea lights and go super-size in your candle-burning pursuits.
Its plastic case and fiddly, proprietary programming software are a disappointment, but for satisfying typing out of the box, it’s simply the best around.
Attaching a screen protector isn’t hard, but it can be fiddly.
However, get past that fiddly start and you find this is a pretty decent home security camera.
It will sit happily on your worktop with no need for fiddly integrated plumbing.
I was never good at design or art – and yes, I knew that before getting this game – so it all feels very fiddly to me.
Things can get unduly fiddly when you're in the thick of a battle and need to take out a flying enemy with precision, although some superheroes do have auto-targeted range attacks in the latter stages of their skill-trees.
Apart from that the only criticisms I had were the fiddly stubby little automatic gear control, and the tailgate, which was a bit too high and heavy for a wimp like me to deal with.
Evidently, even with ‘higher powers’ in the form of fiddly search engines, inconsistent algorithms and extraneous social networking moderators trying to shut their work down, s voice continues to emerge victorious.
For agricultural workers, cold frosty mornings will often coincide with fiddly outdoor jobs such as raising electric fences, filling drinking troughs or attending to livestock.
Android Oreo ushered in a ton of extra notification management options, but they’re fiddly to use and not easy to understand.
To start with, pubs and restaurants usually don’t bother separating out used straws to recycle because they are fiddly.
Recently, more players are choosing the more modern heat-shrink tubing instead of the time-consuming and fiddly thread.
Common combinations with fiddly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- fiddly to 3×
- are fiddly 2×
- too fiddly 2×
- and fiddly 2×