CAPTIOUSLY | • captiously adv. In a captious manner. • CAPTIOUS adv. tending to find fault. |
CAUTIOUSLY | • cautiously adv. In a cautious manner. • CAUTIOUS adv. exercising prudence. |
DECEPTIOUS | • deceptious adj. (Obsolete) Tending to deceive. • DECEPTIOUS adj. (Shakespeare) deceitful. |
EXCEPTIOUS | • exceptious adj. (Obsolete) Apt to take exception, or to object; captious, complaining. • EXCEPTIOUS adj. (archaic) disposed to take exception. |
FACTIOUSLY | • factiously adv. In a factious manner. • FACTIOUS adv. inclined to form factions. |
FACTITIOUS | • factitious adj. Created by humans; artificial. • factitious adj. Counterfeit, fabricated, fake. • FACTITIOUS adj. contrived, artificial. |
FICTITIOUS | • fictitious adj. Invented; contrived. • FICTITIOUS adj. of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction, imaginary. |
FLAGITIOUS | • flagitious adj. (Literary) Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal. • flagitious adj. (Literary) Extremely brutal or wicked; heinous, monstrous. • FLAGITIOUS adj. marked by scandalous crime or vice; villainous. |
GOLOPTIOUS | • goloptious adj. (Colloquial, dialect, dated) fine; splendid. • goloptious adj. (Colloquial, dialect, dated) delicious; luscious. • GOLOPTIOUS adj. (slang) delicious, voluptuous, also GOLUPTIOUS. |
GOLUPTIOUS | • goluptious adj. Splendid, delightful, magnificent. • GOLUPTIOUS adj. (slang) delicious, voluptuous, also GOLOPTIOUS. |
INCAUTIOUS | • incautious adj. Careless, reckless, not exercising proper caution. • INCAUTIOUS adj. lacking in caution. |
INFECTIOUS | • infectious adj. (Pathology, of an illness) Caused by an agent that enters the host’s body (such as a bacterium, virus… • infectious adj. (Pathology, of a person) Able to infect others. • infectious adj. (Of feelings and behaviour) Spreading quickly from one person to another. |
LICENTIOUS | • licentious adj. Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled. • licentious adj. Disregarding accepted rules. • LICENTIOUS adj. characterized by license; abusive of freedom. |
MOLLITIOUS | • mollitious adj. (Obsolete) sensuous or luxurious. • MOLLITIOUS adj. softening; voluptuous. |
NUTRITIOUS | • nutritious adj. (Of food or drink) Providing nutrients; healthy to eat. • nutritious adj. (Figurative) Salutary. • NUTRITIOUS adj. giving nourishment. |
PROPITIOUS | • propitious adj. Favorable; benevolent. • propitious adj. Advantageous. • propitious adj. Characteristic of a good omen. |
QUOTATIOUS | • quotatious adj. Tending to use quotations. • QUOTATIOUS adj. tending to quote. |
ROBUSTIOUS | • robustious adj. Boisterous. • ROBUSTIOUS adj. boisterous. |
TORTIOUSLY | • tortiously adv. (Law) In a tortious manner. • TORTIOUS adv. of the nature of a tort. |