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captiously

adverb

In a captious, carping manner

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Word Facts

Word length
10
Starts with
C
Ends with
Y
Contains
AP
Scrabble score
17

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adverb

  1. In a captious, carping manner

    “He was captiously pedantic”

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He was captiously pedantic

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