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Captiously

Captiously \Cap"tious*ly\, adv. In a captious manner.

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captiously

adv. In a captious manner.

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captiously

adv. in a captious, carping manner; "he was captiously pedantic"

Usage examples of "captiously".

We are not boy and girl, to be captiously irritable, misled by every moment's inadvertence, and wantonly playing with our own happiness.

This did not, however, prevent him from noticing the change in her position, and captiously resenting it.