| 单词 | cavillously |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈcavillously ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adverb] > captiously captiously1539 cavillously1561 cavillingly1570 carpingly1577 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [adverb] captiously1539 cavillously1561 cavillingly1570 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) i. xiii. 59 Falsly and cavillously they ascribe unto us a device of their owne braine. 1649 J. Milton Observations in Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 48 By the Covenant it self, since that so cavillously is urg'd against us. < as lemmas |
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