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# argumentative

adjective (more argumentative, most argumentative)

«argumentative» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Argumentative describes someone who likes to argue and disagree, even about small things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argumentative/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories a character who is argumentative picks quarrels and will not let others have the last word

### Examples

- He was so argumentative that he argued about everything. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argumentative/#x1)
- Don't be argumentative; just listen for once. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argumentative/#x2)
- The argumentative boy would not stop disagreeing with the teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argumentative/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «argumentative» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argumentative/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«argumentative» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/argumentative.html) on Mova free.