quibbly

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Fussy; quibbling.
    — considering the docility of the high-bred Arab horse and intractableness of the quibly, roughly broken prairie or Pampas horse
  2. Involving quibbles.
    — Of course, the right hon. and learned Gentleman the Attorney General made a rather clever and—if he will excuse me for saying so—a rather quibbly defence.
  3. Petty; trifling.
    — If it is true that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, it is equally true that the beginning of that road is usually paved with what are called quibbly incidents. The big ones come later when the direction is clear

词形变化

more quibbly comparative most quibbly superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English quibble
English -y
English quibbly
From quibble + -y.
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