Captiously
Captiously adverb - In a captious, carping manner.
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Synonyms for Captiously
Skeptically and captiously are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Skeptically" instead an adverb "Captiously".
Nearby Word: captious
Skeptically
Skeptically adverb - With distrust.
Usage example: the researchers' findings should be received skeptically until they can be replicated by other scientists
Captiously and skeptically are semantically related. You can use "Captiously" instead an adverb "Skeptically".
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Related pairs
- askance and captiously
- askance and skeptically
- sideways and captiously
- sideways and skeptically
- disparagingly and captiously
- disparagingly and skeptically
- distrustfully and captiously
- distrustfully and skeptically
- mistrustfully and captiously
- mistrustfully and skeptically
- doubtfully and captiously
- doubtfully and skeptically
- dubiously and captiously
- dubiously and skeptically
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