| An overcautious lawyer-like captiousness of spirit in such matters will help no cause and serve no good purpose. |
| This article is not prompted by any mere spirit of captiousness on my part. |
| Well, since you didn't reply in substance or with the captiousness common to the topic, you, at least, won't be indicted as a hijacker! |
| One wishes that Barr had addressed this more fundamental point head-on, and without all the captiousness. |
| The corruption of academic life is pettifoggery, captiousness, and preening vanity which differs from but is just as harmful as its governmental counterpart. |
| Three undesirables specifically referred to as cacology, cathexis, and captiousness are observed verbal acts that can stop and probably should stop a social interaction. |
