(BrE, informal) difficult to do or use because small objects are involved:
Changing a fuse is one of those fiddly jobs I hate. * Zips are less fiddly than buttons. * It was very fiddly to do with gloves on.
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In this entry, fiddly is tagged as adjective.
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