- 1. a. Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle. Source: opted
- 2. n. The act or practice of making trivial distinctions. Source: opted
- 3. adj. developed in excessively fine detail Source: wordnet
- 4. n. making too fine distinctions of little importance Source: wordnet
- 5. Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle. -- n. The act or practice of making trivial distinctions. The ancient hairsplitting technicalities of special pleading. Charles Sumner. Source: webster
- 6. Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning;subtle.-- n. Source: adambom
- 7. n. making too fine distinctions of little importance Source: ecdict
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