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Debatingly

Debatingly \De*bat"ing*ly\, adv. In the manner of a debate.

Usage examples of "debatingly".

So he unlocked the handcuffs, dangled them in his fingers debatingly, and then threw them far out into the bushes, saying, with a leer: "I might get stuck up by somebody, and if they clamped these on to me it would make a get-away harder.