00281834-r 'in a captious, carping manner';
 
Chinese (simplified) 吹毛求疵 , 吹毛求疵+地 , 挑剔
English captiously ( ⊞ )
Italian cavillosamente
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English
in a captious, carping manner
― he was captiously pedantic
Japanese
意地悪くあら捜しをするさま
― 彼はあらを探して学者ぶっていた
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