argumentative
ਝਗੜਾਲੂ
definition
adjective
an argumentative child
given to expressing divergent or opposite views.
the highest standards of argumentative rigor
using or characterized by systematic reasoning.
example
I have been to two or three of these events and have been struck that they are often really engaging and 'argumentative' and quite surprise the adults.
Indeed, the seeds of bitterness germinating in him today are also the seeds of a disorganised, 'argumentative' political party.
I have found that, with my mother nursing me again, we have grown closer, even though my 'argumentative' manner hasn't waned with my health.
But without being overly 'argumentative' , I think some people, given what they know about your background, would want me to ask this question.
Stage 4: The teacher poses a discussion issue that requires 'argumentative' reasoning and elaboration.
But while he as intelligent, charming, and witty, the Italian was also 'argumentative' , mocking, and vain.
If we have spent several class periods introducing conventions of reasoned evidence in 'argumentative' writing, we usually look for such features in student papers.
I was getting a bit annoyed, knowing that he would turn up on the doorstep drunk and 'argumentative' and I could think of a million and one things I would rather do than skirmish with a drunkard.
He remains on good terms with them 30 years later, and his encounters and phone conversations with Bono are the spine of the book - 'argumentative' , philosophical and challenging.
This is not the same as being 'argumentative' , or arguing just for the sake of arguing.
The 'argumentative' tradition, if used with deliberation and commitment, can also be extremely important in resisting social inequalities and removing poverty and deprivation.
Reasoning, Toulmin argued, was an 'argumentative' and persuasive activity, embedded in concrete human predicaments.
I think you would have been in a much better 'argumentative' position to come to us if you had said something at that time.
Yes we argued, I'm an 'argumentative' person but Dave can hold his own.
I certainly feel like I get a good sampling of people who disagree with me, based on how frequently I end up commenting in an 'argumentative' fashion.
The addressee is encouraged to be assertive but not 'argumentative' ; friendly but not trusting; vigorous and impressive but not overstretching it.
The visitors, too, were in 'argumentative' mood.
To be fair, I had a hard time maintaining my concentration at all (three complex and 'argumentative' papers in less than an hour is excruciating).
Towards the end of my little encounter with Sophie Ward we argue about whether or not she is 'argumentative' .
Edinburgh [during the Enlightenment] is a tiny little place where there is a small group of 'argumentative' , ferociously competitive, hard-drinking, brilliant men.
Despite a somewhat 'argumentative' meeting with my boss on Friday, things smoothed out in the end so I'll have a good reference.
The paper then directed all of year 10 to select one question, answer it and discuss the reasons for their answer in an 'argumentative' essay.
But in an ostensibly substantial and 'argumentative' book review?
I mean I'm softer but I'm 'argumentative' at the same time.
If he doesn't eat, his sugar is low, then he tends to get very 'argumentative' , moody and bad-tempered.
Hill's is a thematic biography, moving emotionally as much as 'argumentatively' .
They may choose to write 'argumentatively' , in dialogical form, a method used by many early writers.
Apart from the times when my 'argumentativeness' has threatened to scupper even that.
But my co-panelist was 'argumentatively' skeptical.
The author's natural 'argumentativeness' expresses itself in a continuing debate about faith and religion, often with Bono as his sparring partner.
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