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Premier Ivanoe Bonomi's six-party government was bumblingly, quarrelsomely impotent, unable even to impose order.

From Time Magazine Archive

The saviors and guardians of the Lord's Sepulchre have nothing better to do than gamble extravagantly, dawdle quarrelsomely and bicker about Doctrine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sam McKee and three other men played solo on the table, noisily and quarrelsomely after the manner of their kind.

From The Last Straw by Titus, Harold

Albert Charlton, like many other very conscientious men at his time of life, was quarrelsomely honest.

From The Mystery of Metropolisville by Eggleston, Edward

I discovered that Piazza San Marco is every morning swept by troops of ragged facchini, who gossip noisily and quarrelsomely together over their work.

From Venetian Life by Howells, William Dean