HyperDic: captiously

English > 1 sense of the word captiously:
ADVERBallcaptiouslyin a captious, carping manner
English > captiously: 1 sense > adverb 1
MeaningIn a captious, carping manner.
Example"he was captiously pedantic"
Adjectivescaptioustending to find and call attention to faults / faults

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