argumentatively
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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I just want them to be factually, argumentatively airtight.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2018
And what Burger did next – ordering it torn up and rebuilt in a wide U-shape – led to the court being forever reshaped, figuratively and argumentatively.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2018
He spoke concisely, confidently and occasionally argumentatively, a sharp reversal of his performances in earlier debates when he appeared listless and backed away from conflict, particularly with Trump.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2016
The swearing-as-depravity trope relies argumentatively on the idea that we all start from a word-virginal state later corrupted by, well, something or other – whatever it is, it's not natural.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2014
So the parish talked, appealingly, argumentatively, blusteringly, objurgatively, but all to no purpose.
From The Broom-Squire by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
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