ARGUMENTATIVELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does argumentatively mean? 

• ARGUMENTATIVELY (adverb)
  The adverb ARGUMENTATIVELY has 1 sense:

1. in a disputatious manner

  Familiarity information: ARGUMENTATIVELY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARGUMENTATIVELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a disputatious manner

Synonyms:

argumentatively; disputatiously

Pertainym:

argumentative (given to or characterized by argument)

 Context examples 

For corn, said Mrs. Micawber argumentatively, as I have repeatedly said to Mr. Micawber, may be gentlemanly, but it is not remunerative.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“The articles of corn and coals,” said Mrs. Micawber, still more argumentatively, “being equally out of the question, Mr. Copperfield, I naturally look round the world, and say, “What is there in which a person of Mr. Micawber's talent is likely to succeed?”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Since then, I have consulted other branches of my family on the course which it is most expedient for Mr. Micawber to take—for I maintain that he must take some course, Master Copperfield, said Mrs. Micawber, argumentatively.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)