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Definition of Quarrelsomely
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quarrelsomely
Literary usage of Quarrelsomely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Authoritative Christianity: The First Ecumenical Council ... which was Held by James Chrystal (1891)
"As they were impiously and quarrelsomely contending [against the truth], and were
trying to fight against God, the things said by them were full of impiety. ..."
2. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1889)
"... and sore with laughing; and as a rule, drunk: some weepingly, some affectionately,
some hilariously, some quarrelsomely, some dead and under the table. ..."
3. Annual Report by Correctional Association of New York (1904)
"... he seemed to be quarrelsomely disposed and said he was satisfied that no Troy
man could live up here: L told him that we had ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1880)
"... then riotously merry and quarrelsomely drunk, until occasions had been known
when a general fight had ensued, the kegs had got burst open and upset, ..."
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