Used in a Sentence

quibbling

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for quibbling.

Editorial note

It's not important, but it is interesting to see that quibbling never ends no matter how successful one is.

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Quick take

petty argument

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of quibbling gathered in one view.

noun

petty argument

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for quibbling.

Example sentences

1

It's not important, but it is interesting to see that quibbling never ends no matter how successful one is.

2

Likewise, if you maintain that you do in fact enjoy lemonade, are we just quibbling over semantics?

3

All this is pointless pedantic quibbling, though, so it wasn't really worth my time, nor is it worth yours, really.

4

There's less quibbling about theoretical valuations since the company has a price.

5

But the responses to Mithaldu seemed to think he was quibbling about whether a trivial amount of money was the same as free or not.

6

And, I submit, quibbling further over the LofB would not be a wise choice.

7

Lots of opportunity for extended terminology quibbling with this one.

8

Just quibbling: I don't think anywhere near 90% of engineers use homebrew?

9

That was a successful tactic and I'm not quibbling with it.

10

Please note that I am not quibbling about the $2M cost.

11

How about we solve both these problems and stop quibbling about which one we should solve first, given that they both need to be solved?

12

You seem completely secure in your quibbling.

Quote examples

1

The Bush presidency is a case in point, but you can see this "quibbling compromise" in practically all major Republican politicians.

2

In any case, such semantic quibbling is all fairly irrelevant to anything, and has very little bearing on whether the page under discussion is “misinformation”.

3

I noticed some quibbling with the interviewer about if "creating wealth" was the right phrase.

4

Well, you seem to have demonstrated the difference pretty clearly in your answer (which indicates we are quibbling over terms) From my perspective "communicating mastery" is exactly what you describe.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use quibbling in a sentence?

It's not important, but it is interesting to see that quibbling never ends no matter how successful one is.

What does quibbling mean?

petty argument

What part of speech is quibbling?

quibbling is commonly used as noun.