Definition of Captiousness. Meaning of Captiousness. Synonyms of Captiousness

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Definition of Captiousness

Captiousness
Captiousness Cap"tious*ness, n. Captious disposition or manner.

Meaning of Captiousness from wikipedia

- Irreligious sentiments, drunken mockery, anticlerical expressions, were all captiously classified by the inquisitors (or by those who denounced the cases) as...
- appeared the (East) 'Atlantic Archipelago' will have any appeal beyond captious scholars. "Guardian Style Guide", The Guardian, London, 19 December 2008...
- ; mora "delay, any duration of time" ⇒ mérmeros "baneful, mischievous; captious, fastidious"; mérimna "care, thought; anxious mind"; mártus, márturos "witness"...
- wooden box used to store a sailor's effects. sea lawyer an argumentative, captious sailor. sea shanty/chanty/chantey Work song to accompany rhythmical labor...
- Everything, of course, turns out quite happily, except, perhaps, for those captious souls who regard religion as an adult matter." The Bells of St. Mary's...
- France. Unigenitus censured 101 propositions of Pasquier Quesnel as: false, captious, ill-sounding, offensive to pious ears, scandalous, pernicious, rash, injurious...
- party but to Rockefeller personally. In rapid succession, Mr. Rockefeller captiously took over most of the functions of the state chairman and in a matter...
- Balkans. Several observers have commended her fashion style for its captiousness and versatility describing her as an icon of fashion. Gjata's music has...
- (3.2 to 4.1 on a scale from 1 to 5,) but also the viewers inserted more captious grammar and spelling errors significantly when they believed the writer...
- 1925, p. 360 "At The Amb****adors", The Tatler, 1 July 1925, p. 20 "Our Captious Critic", Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 11 July 1925, p. 86 Mander...