jesuitic.
/jezh-oo-it-i-kuhl, jez-oo-, jez-yoo-/US // ˌdʒɛʒ uˈɪt ɪ kəl, ˌdʒɛz u-, ˌdʒɛz yu- //
耶稣会士,耶酥,耶稣会,耶稣基督
Definitions
adj.adjective · 形容词
- 1.
- ›of or relating to Jesuits or Jesuitism.
- › practicing casuistry or equivocation; using subtle or oversubtle reasoning; crafty; sly; intriguing.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inmetaphysical
Synonyms
Examples
When a reporter asked him a question, it would often elicit a series of Jesuitical responses.
This was a jesuitical sort of answer, and Monsieur de Fontanges required further particulars.
From 1894 to the end of the century the anti-Jesuitical campaign went on, increasing every year in bitterness and intensity.
See how perfidious, Machiavelic, and Jesuitical, is this horrible monster Reaction!
This short-sighted view resulted in a doctrine that was actually Jesuitical in application.
He palliated his conduct in a sophistical and Jesuitical manner.
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