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argumentatively

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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

But I shall best prove that respect by saying plainly that I do not like this paper as well as those in which he writes argumentatively, speculatively, and from the resources of his own mind.

From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Stephen, Leslie, Sir