fiddly /ˈfɪdli/ adjective4 •Requiring dexterity to operate.The buttons on the tiny mobile phone were too fiddly. •Having many small bits or embellishments.But the draping roses, and the double bell of dress and overskirt — fiddly, too bloody fiddly! — 2004 •Of or relating to fiddling or fidgeting. •Pertaining to occasional under-the-table work by people who receive unemployment benefitsThe other mjinority group has, by being members of the appropriate social networks, access to fiddly jobs. — 2007 formsfiddlier · fiddliest