Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Synonyymit
Ääntäminen
Southern England:- IPA: /ˈkæpʃəs/
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| bulgaria | заядлив, придирчив, критичен |
| espanja | capcioso, criticón, pejiguero |
| hollanti | vitziek |
| italia | capzioso, ammennicolone, cavilloso, sofistico, eristico |
| latina | captiōsus |
| portugali | ardiloso, capcioso, astucioso, implicante |
| ranska | vétilleux |
| suomi | harhaanjohtava, pikkumainen |
| tanska | smålig |
| venäjä | каверзный (kaverznyi), хитрый (hitryi), придирчивый (pridirtšivyi), слишком строгий (sliškom strogi) |
Määritelmät
Adjektiivi
- (obsolete) That captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.
- Having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections; cavilling, nitpicky.
Esimerkit
- I know I loue in vaine, striue against hope: / Yet in this captious, and intemible Siue / I still poure in the waters of my loue / And lacke not to loose still.
- A captious question, sir, and yours is one, / Deserves an answer similar, or none.
- Were you aware that in your discourse last Sunday you attributed the captious Problem of the Sadducees to the Pharisees, as a proof of the obscure and sensual doctrines of the latter?
- But Peter Petrovich did not accept this retort. On the contrary, he became all the more captious and irritable, as though he were just hitting his stride.
- The "Our Bold" column, nitpicking at errors in other periodicals, can look merely captious, and its critics often seem to be wildly and collectively wrong-headed.
Taivutusmuodot
| Komparatiivi | more captious |
| Superlatiivi | most captious |