disputative

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The U. S., under the impression that there was still time and room to make up its mind, was arguing along as it always had: in straggling, disputative, disorderly democracy.

From Time Magazine Archive

That it would make them harsh and disputative, like male voters.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

The disputative part, interesting in itself, does not here concern us.

From Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel translated and annotated by Emilie Michaelis ... and H. Keatley Moore. by Michaelis, Emilie

This leads of itself to the second, which is at once confidential, disputative, and comic, as though two lovers were chasing each other and laughing more than usual about it.

From Great Violinists And Pianists by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)

He passed through Scotland in a disputative vein, which could not have made him a popular traveller.

From George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends by Shorter, Clement King