| 释义 |
arguˈmentatively, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an argumentative manner, in respect to argument.
a1660Hammond Wks. II. 28 (R.) It is argumentatively weak and unconcluding. 1695Lond. Gaz. mmmxcv/4 The Mystery of Curing..Explained and Proved, Argumentatively and practically. 1876M. E. Braddon J. Haggard's Dau. III. 218, ‘I don't call it honouring the Sabbath to sit down to a worse dinner than on a work-a-day,’ Jim remarked argumentatively. |