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cavilingly

cavilingly adverb: with petty criticism.

Adverb

cavilingly (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) With petty criticism.

Origin of cavilingly

From caviling + -ly.

Questions about cavilingly

What does cavilingly mean?
Cavilingly means with petty criticism.
What part of speech is cavilingly?
Cavilingly is an adverb.

Words near cavilingly in the dictionary

  1. cavilations
  2. caviled
  3. caviler
  4. cavilers
  5. caviling
  6. cavilingly
  7. cavilings
  8. Cavill
  9. cavillation
  10. cavillations
  11. cavilled

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