argumentative

[Formed by analogy as if from Lat. argumentativus, from argumen tatus, pa. par. of argument or.] I. Of things : 1. Consisting of argument, or containing argument. "The argumentative part of my discourse."- Atter bury . † 2. Which may be adduced as an argument for. (In this sense followed by of . ) "Another thing argumentative of Providence, is that pappous plumage growing upon the tops of some seeds; whereby they are wafted with the wind."- Ray . II. Of persons: Having a natural tendency to have continual recourse to argumentetion; disputatious. ar-gu-měn-ta-tive-ly, adv . [Eng. argumentative; -ly.] In an argumentative manner. "Nor do they oppose things of this nature argumentatively, so much as oratoriously."- Bp . Taylor: Artificial Handsomene , p. 115.