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argumentary

argumentary adjective: argumentative; based on argument.

Adjective

argumentary (comparative more argumentary, superlative most argumentary)

  1. (archaic) argumentative; based on argument
    • There are different sorts of sermons — the argumentary, the dogmatic, the postulary, the persuasive, the punitive, the combative, "in orthodox blows and knocks," the logical, and the poetic; but this specimen belonged to none of these […]1856, James Bradley Finley, William Peter Strickland, Autobiography of Rev. James B. Finley, page 322

Forms of argumentary

comparativemore argumentary
superlativemost argumentary

Origin of argumentary

From argument + -ary.

Questions about argumentary

What does argumentary mean?
Argumentary means argumentative; based on argument.
What part of speech is argumentary?
Argumentary is an adjective.

Words near argumentary in the dictionary

  1. argumenta ad populum
  2. argumenta ad verecundiam
  3. argumentable
  4. argumental
  5. argumentality
  6. argumentary
  7. argumentation
  8. argumentations
  9. argumentatious
  10. argumentative
  11. argumentative essay

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