单词 | disputative |
释义 | disputative (once / 288276 pages) adj WORD FAMILY disputative: disputatively+/disputable: disputably, indisputable, undisputable/disputant: disputants/disputation: disputations/disputatious: disputatiously/dispute: disputable, disputant, disputation, disputatious, disputative, disputed, disputes, disputing/disputed: undisputed/indisputable: indisputability, indisputably/undisputable: undisputably/undisputed: undisputedly USAGE EXAMPLESOn the witness stand, Mr. Page was a less voluble man, uncertain and disputative in the face of questioning by an attorney for Oracle. New York Times(May 20, 2016) He passed through Scotland in a disputative vein, which could not have made him a popular traveller. Shorter, Clement K., The Life of George Borrow(2012) His prefaces have been too disputative, his plays too epigrammatic, for the cultivation of prose rhythms. Various, Atlantic Classics(2011) adj inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits Syn combative, contentious, disputatious, litigious argumentative given to or characterized by argument |
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