Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an argumentative manner; with respect to reasoning or arguments.
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- adverb In an
argumentative manner.
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- adverb in a disputatious manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Every time I get a pair of shoes I have to get a size larger, and you know," argumentatively, "at that rate I'll be a freak and you'll be able to charge admission for a look at me."
The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House Or, doing their best for the soldiers Laura Lee Hope
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"But there is only one God," she announced decisively, stiffening her ample frame argumentatively.
Chun Ah Chun 2010
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This, I suppose, is an argumentatively valid perspective.
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These questions are indeed dramatic and argumentatively simplistic; however, they are meant to illustrate the absurdity of our continuing to divorce in a non-cooperative manner.
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Bahcall dropped in on the postdocs regularly, helping them think through their work whether or not their research was in his field, lunching with them argumentatively, looking out for jobs for them.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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Bahcall dropped in on the postdocs regularly, helping them think through their work whether or not their research was in his field, lunching with them argumentatively, looking out for jobs for them.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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But since writing sentences is how I think, it's hard to tell the difference, sometimes, between what sounds good stylistically and what sounds right argumentatively.
Archive 2010-02-01 Flavia 2010
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Letter Concerning Enthusiasm, it is philosophical conversation, inspirational or abrasive, that absorbs enthusiastic energies, and, in redeploying them argumentatively leaves enthusiasm "in some measure justified" (28).
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But since writing sentences is how I think, it's hard to tell the difference, sometimes, between what sounds good stylistically and what sounds right argumentatively.
Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2010
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Bahcall dropped in on the postdocs regularly, helping them think through their work whether or not their research was in his field, lunching with them argumentatively, looking out for jobs for them.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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