Meaning & use
tweaking
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making small adjustments to something in order to improve or fine-tune it.
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The engineers spent the afternoon tweaking the algorithm's settings.
She kept tweaking her resume before finally sending it out.
A note on using this word
Implies a minor, precise change rather than a major revision; avoid the unrelated drug slang sense (acting erratically) in formal writing.
Words with a similar meaning
adjustingfine-tuning
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Words with an opposite meaning
overhauling
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