captiously

An adverb meaning in a manner that is inclined to find fault or raise trivial objections. It describes behavior that is overly critical, argumentative, or designed to entrap or confuse, often used in formal or literary contexts.

• 🇫🇷Adverbe indiquant une tendance à chercher des défauts ou à soulever des objections insignifiantes. Décrit un comportement excessivement critique, pointilleux ou visant à embrouiller ou dérouter, souvent employé dans un contexte formel ou littéraire.

1. In a fault-finding manner C2 formal

   In a way that is overly critical or eager to find faults, especially about minor details.

   • He captiously pointed out every small error in her report.
   • She captiously questioned the logic of his argument.
   • The critic captiously reviewed the film, focusing on trivial flaws.

   🇫🇷de manière chicanière

   Antonymes: appreciativelyapprovinglyfavorablygeniallyindulgentlyuncritically

• more captiously comparative form
• most captiously superlative form