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Disputatiously

Disputatious \Dis`pu*ta"tious\, a. Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper.

The Christian doctrine of a future life was no recommendation of the new religion to the wits and philosophers of that disputations period.
--Buckminster. -- Dis`pu*ta"tious*ly, adv. -- Dis`pu*ta"tious*ness, n.

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disputatiously

adv. In a disputatious manner.

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disputatiously

adv. in a disputatious manner [syn: argumentatively]

Usage examples of "disputatiously".

And when they spoke, as opposed to making speeches or arguing disputatiously at dinner, they used few words.