argutely

Updated: May 5, 2025

I lay a slight stress upon one of them, replied Yorick the act, especially where it ends there, in my opinion lays as little obligation upon the child, as it conveys power to the father. You are wrong, said my father argutely, and for this plain reason.... I own, added my father, that the offspring, upon this account, is not so under the power and jurisdiction of the mother.

Laurence Sterne - The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman