petnoga

Swedish

Etymology

From petig (“nitpicky”) +‎ noga (“careful”).

Adjective

petnoga (comparative mer petnoga, superlative mest petnoga)

1. (overly) careful to get things (exactly) right; pedantic

   Synonym: pedantisk

   För att vara petnoga så ska den vara en millimeter längre åt höger

   Just to be pedantic, it should be one millimeter further to the right

See also

• petig

References

• petnoga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• petnoga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• petnoga in Svensk ordbok (SO)