fussily

English

Etymology

From fussy +‎ -ly.

Adverb

fussily (comparative more fussily, superlative most fussily)

1. In a fussy manner.
   • 1946 January and February, 'Talisman', “Bückeburg to Aberayron”, in Railway Magazine, page 41:

     Disembarkation seemed a slow business. From the deck one watched a "Merchant Navy" Pacific drift lazily along the track beside the wall of the Marine Station, and little South Eastern tanks go snorting fussily about.

   • 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 212:

     There's actually not much to see. Tooth-billeds don't build elaborate structures, merely scratching out a space on the rainforest floor that they decorate fussily with soft green leaves.