Choosy
adjective
Carefully selecting only what is best or most suitable.
When it comes to making friends, she's very choosy.
Often appears as...
- be choosy about
- be too choosy
adjective
Carefully selecting only what is best or most suitable.
When it comes to making friends, she's very choosy.
Often appears as...
- be choosy about
- be too choosy
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Nuance
Sometimes implies excessive fussiness or hard to satisfy, which might be criticized.
He's so choosy with his clothing, it's almost impossible to buy him a gift.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Quality
Can denote good taste and decision-making when selecting quality items or relationships.
A choosy shopper, she always finds the best organic products.
Pro Tip 3/3Collocation Context
Used with 'about' to highlight specific areas where one is discerning.
You should be choosy about the contracts you sign.
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Hunting Porcupine PIPE Life...
interesting how one thing leads to the next out here so off in the case I'll head out thinking that I'm looking for one thing but along the way I find something else can't be too choosy and I really like eating porcupines so I'm real happy even though I didn't find any caribou today that's where it goes keeps life interesting time to get back
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Solving the puzzle of...
and clearly don't interlock with other puzzle pieces. Like puzzle pieces, elements can be choosy on who they interact with. Some like to react with other elements, while others do not. The elements that do not interact with other elements are easy to pin-point, while the ones who like to interact with others are difficult to find.
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The birds and the bees...
We have to think about function as well, and when it comes to sex, function relates to the contributions made by the gametes, or the sperm and the eggs. And these contributions are far from equal. Eggs are very expensive to make, so it makes sense for females to be very choosy
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Sheena Iyengar: How to...
are designed to help you manage your choices -- better for you, you can use them on yourself, better for the people that you are serving. Because I believe that the key to getting the most from choice is to be choosy about choosing.
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How Amazon, Apple,...
for fat profit margins and shareholder value. "High-caloric paste for your children." You love your choosy mom. Why choosy moms choose you love your kids more. The greatest algorithm for shareholder creation from World War II
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Marlene Zuk: What we...
Okay, they would not be able to do that very often. And indeed, neither can the katydids. And so what that means is the katydid males are very choosy about who they offer these nuptial gifts to.
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World’s Strangest Mating...
With only one day in the year in which to mate, the female is understandably choosy. And until the youngster has grown a more impressive balloon, he's unlikely to be chosen.
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How an Arctic Squirrel...
He cautiously makes his move. She might be in a hurry, but she can still be choosy.
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Top 5 Animals Living In...
he cautiously makes his move she might be in a hurry but she can still be choosy
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Ostrich Gives the...
female ostriches are very choosy with the largest eyes of any land living
Video examples
Hunting Porcupine PIPE Life...
interesting how one thing leads to the next out here so off in the case I'll head out thinking that I'm looking for one thing but along the way I find something else can't be too choosy and I really like eating porcupines so I'm real happy even though I didn't find any caribou today that's where it goes keeps life interesting time to get back
Video examples
Solving the puzzle of...
and clearly don't interlock with other puzzle pieces. Like puzzle pieces, elements can be choosy on who they interact with. Some like to react with other elements, while others do not. The elements that do not interact with other elements are easy to pin-point, while the ones who like to interact with others are difficult to find.
Video examples
The birds and the bees...
We have to think about function as well, and when it comes to sex, function relates to the contributions made by the gametes, or the sperm and the eggs. And these contributions are far from equal. Eggs are very expensive to make, so it makes sense for females to be very choosy
Video examples
Sheena Iyengar: How to...
are designed to help you manage your choices -- better for you, you can use them on yourself, better for the people that you are serving. Because I believe that the key to getting the most from choice is to be choosy about choosing.
Video examples
How Amazon, Apple,...
for fat profit margins and shareholder value. "High-caloric paste for your children." You love your choosy mom. Why choosy moms choose you love your kids more. The greatest algorithm for shareholder creation from World War II
Video examples
Marlene Zuk: What we...
Okay, they would not be able to do that very often. And indeed, neither can the katydids. And so what that means is the katydid males are very choosy about who they offer these nuptial gifts to.
Video examples
World’s Strangest Mating...
With only one day in the year in which to mate, the female is understandably choosy. And until the youngster has grown a more impressive balloon, he's unlikely to be chosen.
Video examples
How an Arctic Squirrel...
He cautiously makes his move. She might be in a hurry, but she can still be choosy.
Video examples
Top 5 Animals Living In...
he cautiously makes his move she might be in a hurry but she can still be choosy
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Ostrich Gives the...
female ostriches are very choosy with the largest eyes of any land living
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Ken Liu
American Writer
Because my writing time has always been very limited, I try to be very choosy about which stories I work on. There are many ideas that would make interesting stories - too many - so it's important to be ruthless and say no to most of them.
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Agyness Deyn
English Model
The fact is I'm choosy, but mainly about a man's character. He has to be interesting, funny and clever. I don't even mind if he's not very good-looking.
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Brad Pitt
Actor
I've worked with some really great directors, and I'm really choosy about them because they're telling the story at the end of the day.
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Sridevi
Indian Actress
When the audience expects you to do a good job, you become more choosy. It becomes a responsibility.
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Konkona Sen Sharma
Indian Actress
Of course, I am choosy because I want to do good cinema.
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Jackie Shroff
Indian Actor
I have never been choosy throughout my career.
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Sangeetha Krish
Indian Actress
I am very choosy and keen to do good roles.
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Supriya Pathak
I enjoy working very much, I am not choosy.
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Shefali Shah
I am extremely choosy about the work I do.
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Gurmeet Choudhary
Indian Actor
Yes, I'm extremely choosy about my work.
Quote examples
Ken Liu
American Writer
Because my writing time has always been very limited, I try to be very choosy about which stories I work on. There are many ideas that would make interesting stories - too many - so it's important to be ruthless and say no to most of them.
Quote examples
Agyness Deyn
English Model
The fact is I'm choosy, but mainly about a man's character. He has to be interesting, funny and clever. I don't even mind if he's not very good-looking.
Quote examples
Brad Pitt
Actor
I've worked with some really great directors, and I'm really choosy about them because they're telling the story at the end of the day.
Quote examples
Sridevi
Indian Actress
When the audience expects you to do a good job, you become more choosy. It becomes a responsibility.
Quote examples
Konkona Sen Sharma
Indian Actress
Of course, I am choosy because I want to do good cinema.
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Jackie Shroff
Indian Actor
I have never been choosy throughout my career.
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Sangeetha Krish
Indian Actress
I am very choosy and keen to do good roles.
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Supriya Pathak
I enjoy working very much, I am not choosy.
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Shefali Shah
I am extremely choosy about the work I do.
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Gurmeet Choudhary
Indian Actor
Yes, I'm extremely choosy about my work.
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