" captiously "

[Adjective]  | "cap*tious" | \ ˈkap-shəs \

1: marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections

2: calculated to confuse, entrap, or entangle in argument

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English capcious, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French captieux, from Latin captiosus, from captio deception, verbal quibble, from capere to take {mat|heave:1|};

[Adverb]  | "captiously" 

[Adjective]  | "captious"