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 Meanings and Examples of CAPTIOUS
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captious
 a.  intended to confuse in an argument
Classic Sentence:
1  Georgiana, who had a spoiled temper, a very acrid spite, a captious and insolent carriage, was universally indulged.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  She was dry, rough, peevish, sharp, captious, almost venomous; all this in memory of her monk, whose widow she was, and who had ruled over her masterfully and bent her to his will.
Les Misérables (V1) By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VIII—MADAME VICTURNIEN EXPENDS THIRTY FRANCS ON M...
Example Sentence:
1  I resent the way he asked that was captious question.