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Painfully Particular Crossword Clue

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adjective

• of or related to the anus

• a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.

25%9Painfully noisy
adjective satellite

• loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss

25%12 In a painfully dreary way
adverb

• in a depressing manner or to a depressing degree

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