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A Writer's Dictionary:

quibblingly Definition


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quibble
verb
    intr
    quibbled, quibbling
    1. To argue over trifles; to make petty objections.
      Example: quibbled about his share of the bill
      Thesaurus: equivocate, carp, cavil, split hairs, evade, prevaricate.
noun
    1. A trifling objection.
      Thesaurus: cavil, hair-splitting, nit-picking.
    2. old use
      A pun.
Derivative: quibbler
noun
    Derivative: quibbling
    adj, noun
      Derivative: quibblingly
      adverb
        Etymology: 17c.



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