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Meaning of 'captiously' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Captiously [ adv.]
- In a captious manner.

Meaning of 'captiously' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . captiously [ r]
Meaning (1):
- in a captious, carping manner
Example in sentence:
  • he was captiously pedantic

Nearby Words:

cap capabilities capability capable capableness capacified capacify capaciosly capacious capaciousness

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