Quibbly

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Fussy; quibbling..

Definitions by Sense

1. Fussy; quibbling.
2. Involving quibbles.
3. Petty; trifling.

Example Sentences

A remarkable performance, both piece by piece and all in all, but with items for quibbly reviewers to quibble about. This reviewer too is on the quibbly side, with four quibbles.

considering the docility of the high-bred Arab horse and intractableness of the quibly, roughly broken prairie or Pampas horse

We give notice that thousands of our most complacently puttering, most quibbly and fuddly politicians are going to be taken out by the people, lifted up by the people, and dropped kindly but firmly over the edge of the world.

the Quaker said, “I tell thee what, Humphry, thou art the most quibbly hand at a dispute I ever met with in my life.”

The voice sounded mellow and reasonable, but the man was as quibbly and higgly a guy as you could find.

This reviewer’s doubts can be grouped under six heads, of which the econometric and the theoretical are the most quibbly.

Of course, the right hon. and learned Gentleman the Attorney General made a rather clever and—if he will excuse me for saying so—a rather quibbly defence.

The delineation of civilizations is usually unsatisfactory, often esoteric and sometimes rather quibbly

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• more quibbly
• most quibbly

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