"niggly" meaning in English

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        "Bad-tempered, especially about trivial details."
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          "ref": "2003, Michael Morpurgo, Kensuke's Kingdom, page 5",
          "text": "They'd argue a lot, about little niggly things — and they had never been like that.",
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          "ref": "1994, Douglas R. Graves, Life Drawing in Charcoal, page 153",
          "text": "You soon discover there isn't time (nor is there any need) to put in the niggly details. The essence of the pose is its attitude or action and a hint of the model.",
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        "Trivial, insignificant"
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          "ref": "2003, Michael Palin, Sahara, page 16",
          "text": "Now things are less confrontational but just as niggly. The Spanish examine drivers' papers with elaborate care, causing huge traffic jams",
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        "Pernickety, paying too much attention to small details."
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      "ipa": "/ˈnɪɡ(ə)li/"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪɡli"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪɡəli"
    }
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  "word": "niggly"
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        "Bad-tempered, especially about trivial details."
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          "trivial",
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        "Trivial, insignificant"
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      ],
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        "Pernickety, paying too much attention to small details."
      ],
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