- captiously
- adverb see captious
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captiously
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Captiously — Cap tious*ly, adv. In a captious manner. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
captiously — captious ► ADJECTIVE formal ▪ tending to find fault or raise petty objections. DERIVATIVES captiously adverb captiousness noun. ORIGIN Old French captieux, from Latin capere take, seize ; related to CAPTION(Cf. ↑caption) … English terms dictionary
captiously — adverb in a captious, carping manner he was captiously pedantic • Derived from adjective: ↑captious … Useful english dictionary
captiously — See captious. * * * … Universalium
captiously — adverb In a captious manner … Wiktionary
captiously — adv. in a narrow minded manner … English contemporary dictionary
captiously — cap·tious·ly … English syllables
captious — captiously, adv. captiousness, n. /kap sheuhs/, adj. 1. apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please. 2. proceeding from a faultfinding or caviling disposition: He could never praise without adding a … Universalium
κατασυκοφαντῶ — κατασυκοφαντέω criticize captiously pres subj act 1st sg (attic epic doric) κατασυκοφαντέω criticize captiously pres ind act 1st sg (attic epic doric) … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
Catch — Catch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caught}or {Catched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Catching}. Catched is rarely used.] [OE. cacchen, OF. cachier, dialectic form of chacier to hunt, F. chasser, fr. (assumend) LL. captiare, for L. capture, V. intens. of capere to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
