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Captiousness

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Captiousness is a noun meaning The state of being captious.

Meaning

The state of being captious.

More Meanings

  1. Captious behaviour.

Example Sentences

"Yes— and I suppose you want to know why," she replied with dry captiousness.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cautelousness, censoriousness, cattiness, accusativeness, retentiveness, cattishness.

cautelousnesscensoriousnesscattinessaccusativenessretentivenesscattishnesscovetivenesscanninesscaginesspersnicketinesspickinesscunningnesspunctiliositycrotchetinessfactiousnesscautiousnesscircumspectnesskeen-wittednesscrabbednessfinickingness

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