Captiously
Captiously adverb - In a captious, carping manner.
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Synonyms for Captiously
Suspiciously and captiously are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Suspiciously" instead an adverb "Captiously".
Nearby Word: captious
Suspiciously
Suspiciously adverb - With distrust.
Usage example: eyed me suspiciously when I snapped my book shut and hurriedly stuffed it into my bag
Captiously and suspiciously are semantically related. You can use "Captiously" instead an adverb "Suspiciously".
Nearby Words: suspicion, suspicious
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- askance and captiously
- askance and suspiciously
- sideways and captiously
- sideways and suspiciously
- disparagingly and captiously
- disparagingly and suspiciously
- distrustfully and captiously
- distrustfully and suspiciously
- mistrustfully and captiously
- mistrustfully and suspiciously
- doubtfully and captiously
- doubtfully and suspiciously
- dubiously and captiously
- dubiously and suspiciously
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