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captiousnesses

captiousnesses is the plural of captiousness.

Meaning of captiousness

Noun

captiousness (usually uncountable, plural captiousnesses)

  1. (usually) The state of being captious.
    • "Yes— and I suppose you want to know why," she replied with dry captiousness.1867, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, chapter V, in The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Gambler_(1867)/V)
  2. (usually) Captious behaviour.

Questions about captiousnesses

What is captiousnesses the plural of?
Captiousnesses is the plural of captiousness.

Words near captiousnesses in the dictionary

  1. captionlessness
  2. captions
  3. captious
  4. captiously
  5. captiousness
  6. captiousnesses
  7. captivance
  8. captivances
  9. captivate
  10. captivated
  11. captivatedly

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