In a manner that expresses strong disagreement or protest through earnest reasoning and argument.
From expostulating + -ly (adverb suffix). This creates an adverb from the present participle, describing how an action is performed.
This is an extremely rare adverb—so formal and archaic that it barely appears in modern writing, but it captures the essence of someone who argues in an earnest, reasoning way rather than angrily.
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