Usually means: Inclined to argue or dispute.
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  1. quarrelsomely: Merriam-Webster
  2. quarrelsomely: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. quarrelsomely: Collins English Dictionary
  4. quarrelsomely: Vocabulary.com
  5. quarrelsomely: Wordnik
  6. quarrelsomely: Wiktionary
  7. quarrelsomely: Dictionary.com
  8. quarrelsomely: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. quarrelsomely: FreeDictionary.org
  10. quarrelsomely: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. quarrelsomely: Legal dictionary

(Note: See quarrelsome as well.)

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▸ adverb:  In a quarrelsome manner.

Similar:
disputatiously, wranglingly, bickeringly, contentiously, squabblingly, fractiously, quibblingly, disputedly, disagreeably, dissentiously, more...

Opposite:
peacefully, harmoniously, amicably, congenially

Types:
belligerent, contentious, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent, more...

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Similar:
disputatiously, wranglingly, bickeringly, contentiously, squabblingly, fractiously, quibblingly, disputedly, disagreeably, dissentiously, more...

Opposite:
peacefully, harmoniously, amicably, congenially

Types:
belligerent, contentious, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent, more...



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