Quibbly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Quibbly is an adjective meaning Fussy; quibbling.
Meaning
Fussy; quibbling.
More Meanings
- Involving quibbles.
- Petty; trifling.
Example Sentences
The voice sounded mellow and reasonable, but the man was as quibbly and higgly a guy as you could find.
The delineation of civilizations is usually unsatisfactory, often esoteric and sometimes rather quibbly
the Quaker said, “I tell thee what, Humphry, thou art the most quibbly hand at a dispute I ever met with in my life.”
This reviewer’s doubts can be grouped under six heads, of which the econometric and the theoretical are the most quibbly.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include quibblesome, squabbly, cavillous, squabblesome, fussicky, frabbit.
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