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contestingly

contestingly adverb: in a contesting or contending manner.

Adverb

contestingly (comparative more contestingly, superlative most contestingly)

  1. In a contesting or contending manner.
    • she stared contestingly at her rebellious student

Forms of contestingly

comparativemore contestingly
superlativemost contestingly

Origin of contestingly

From contesting + -ly.

Questions about contestingly

What does contestingly mean?
Contestingly means in a contesting or contending manner.
What part of speech is contestingly?
Contestingly is an adverb.

Words near contestingly in the dictionary

  1. contester
  2. contesters
  3. contesteth
  4. contestible
  5. contesting
  6. contestingly
  7. contestings
  8. contests
  9. contex
  10. contexed
  11. contexing

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