disputative
- a variation of disputatious.
Example Sentences
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The U. S., under the impression that there was still time and room to make up its mind, was arguing along as it always had: in straggling, disputative, disorderly democracy.
From Time Magazine Archive
That it would make them harsh and disputative, like male voters.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
His lively style and his avoidance of anything subtle or disputative, though he never conceals his political sympathies, united with his ample resources of Parliamentary and political knowledge, fit him admirably for this modest undertaking.
From The Religious Life of London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
Here again I brought my self into a premunire with the disputative Caledonian.
From The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by Smollett, T. (Tobias)
And about a century before Aristotle reached manhood, they had invented this peculiarly difficult and trying species of disputative pastime, in which we find the genesis of Aristotle's logical treatises.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
