adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an argumentative lawyer
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But a stubborn, argumentative child may try to draw you into too many debates as you try to establish a connection.
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It can help decipher the messages of propagandists, who seek to mislead by covering up their own argumentative contexts.
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Quarrels of the argumentative type increased with age.
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There is a change in the sense that argumentative qualifications may be discovered, as implicit qualifications are made explicit.
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To understand a text, especially a political text, it is necessary to understand its argumentative context.
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Under changed circumstances, implicit themes, both justificatory and critical, could be jerked into argumentative explicitness.
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When I've had a few drinks I get a little argumentative .