quarrelsome
adjective
inclined to quarrel; argumentative; contentious.
quarrelsomely
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a word derived from
quarrelsome.
Example Sentences
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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
A squirrel frisked up an oak and barked quarrelsomely at these strange, noiseless visitors.
From The Last Trail by Zane Grey
Qualmishly querrying, quarrelsomely quaint, Rousing rife ridicules' repealed restraint; Speaking soft silliness—such shallow show That tottering toysters, tickled, titter too.
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 by R. H. (Robert Henry) Newell
Richard, in his shirtsleeves, looks at him half quarrelsomely for a moment; then, with a nod, acknowledges that the minister has got the better of him, and sits down on the seat.
From The Devil's Disciple by Bernard Shaw
