fiddliness en · NOUN
Etymology
From fiddly + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality of being fiddly; complicated awkwardness.
An acoustic guitarist of demonstrable skill she used to demonstrate it all the time when she played by herself, tapping or slapping the strings, using the heel of her hand, deftly fingerpicking — she turned a corner a few years ago, taking a few steps away from fiddliness.
2008 March 10, Jon Pareles, “Music Ripe to Remix”, in New York Times: