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Example Sentences
Main Entry:
cap·tious
[
kap
-sh
uh
s
]
/
ˈkæp
ʃəs
/
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Part of Speech:
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Main Entry:
captious
Part of Speech:
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Example Sentences
In trying to be more serious, the play only becomes more
captious
.
In trying to be more serious, the play only becomes more
captious
.
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