captiously

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English captious
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English captiously

    From captious + -ly.

    Adverb

    captiously (comparative more captiously, superlative most captiously)

    1. In a captious manner.
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