Captiously Definition & Meaning
captiously
- adverb
- in a captious, carping manner; "he was captiously pedantic"
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- What does captiously mean?
- in a captious, carping manner; "he was captiously pedantic"
- What part of speech is captiously?
- Captiously is an adverb.