Hypertext Webster Gateway: "argumentative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Argumentative \Ar`gu*men"ta*tive\, a.
1. Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a
process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse.
2. Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of
things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom
in the Creator. [Obs.]
3. Given to argument; characterized by argument;
disputatious; as, an argumentative writer.
--{Ar`gu*men"ta*tive*ly}, adv. --
{Ar`gu*men"ta*tive*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
argumentative
adj : given to or characterized by argument; "an argumentative
discourse"; "argumentative to the point of being
cantankerous"; "an intelligent but argumentative child"
[ant: {unargumentative}]
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