Captiously

  

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Captiously

Definition: Captiously

Captiously

Adverb

1. In a captious, carping manner; "he was captiously pedantic".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "captiously" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1818. (references)

 

Crosswords: Captiously

English words defined with "captiously": Hypercriticise. (references)

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Modern Translations: Captiously

Language Translations for "captiously"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

吹毛求疵地 (Fastidiously). (various references)

   

German

  

verfängliche. (various references)

   

Italian

  

capziosamente. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

헐뜯. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aptiouslycay

   

Romanian

  

prea critic, în mod insidios. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Captiously"

Words rhyming with "captiously" (pronounced 'Cap"tious*ly'): Abandonedly, Abasedly, Abashedly, Abhorrently, Abidingly, Abjectly, Abnormally, Abominably, Aboriginally, Abortively, Abruptly, Absently, Absolutely, Absorbedly, Abstinently, Abstractedly, Abstractively, Abstractly, Abstrusely, Absurdly, Abundantly, Abusively, Abysmally, Academically, Accentually, Acceptably, Acceptedly, Accessarily, Accessibly, Accessorily, Accidentally, Accommodately, Accordantly, Accordingly, Accountably, Accurately, Accusatively, Accusatorially, Accusingly, Accustomably, Accustomarily, Achromatically, Acidly, Acknowledgedly, Acoustically, Acquiescently, Acquisitively, Acridly, Acrimoniously, Acrocephaly. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Captiously

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-i-l-o-p-s-t-u-y"

-2 letters: autopsic, capitols, captious, coalpits, outplays, playsuit.

-3 letters: apostil, autopsy, calypso, capitol, citolas, coalpit, copulas, copyist, cupolas, layouts, locusta, octuply, oculist, oilcups, opacity, optical, outlays, outplay, outsail, paucity, payouts, piously, plastic, psoatic, saucily, scopula, slipout, soapily, spicula, stoical, talcous, topical, topsail, typical, upcoast, upcoils, utopias.

-4 letters: acuity, aliyos, aliyot, atopic, atypic, catsup, caulis, citola.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-i-l-o-p-s-t-u-y"
 

+2 letters: supplicatory.

 

+4 letters: pertinaciously.

 

+5 letters: psychosexuality.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Captiously


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 61 70 74 69 6F 75 73 6C 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    .-    .--.    -    ..    ---    ..-    ...    .-..    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01100001 01110000 01110100 01101001 01101111 01110101 01110011 01101100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#97 &#112 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#117 &#115 &#108 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0061 0070 0074 0069 006F 0075 0073 006C 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

37678286758187857891

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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