captious
adjective
apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please.
captiously
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a word derived from
captious.
Example Sentences
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Just as captiously, the cartoonist growled that Joanie wasn't Joan.
From Time Magazine Archive
A captiously critical man reading the New Republic's Promise of American Life might define a liberal as one in a gloomy state of mind.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I don't know anything of the kind," retorted Rorie captiously.
From Vixen, Volume II. by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
Professor Woodhouse, the Plumian Professor, was present, and behaved so captiously that some members met afterwards to consider how order could be maintained.
From Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy by George Biddell Airy
"You must have come here a great many times to find that out," says Miss Chesney, captiously, which remark puts a stop to all conversation for some time.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
