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contentiously

contentiously adverb: in a contentious manner.

Adverb

contentiously (comparative more contentiously, superlative most contentiously)

  1. In a contentious manner.
    • The etymology of the term Japlish is disputed and contentiously so.2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 13

Forms of contentiously

comparativemore contentiously
superlativemost contentiously

Origin of contentiously

From contentious + -ly.

Questions about contentiously

What does contentiously mean?
Contentiously means in a contentious manner.
What part of speech is contentiously?
Contentiously is an adverb.

Words near contentiously in the dictionary

  1. contention system
  2. contention systems
  3. contentional
  4. contentions
  5. contentious
  6. contentiously
  7. contentiousness
  8. contentive
  9. contentives
  10. contentless
  11. contentlessness

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