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controversal

controversal adjective: facing opposite directions.

Adjective

controversal (comparative more controversal, superlative most controversal)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Facing opposite directions.
    • The temple of Janus with his two controversal faces might now not unsignificantly be set open.1644, John Milton, Areopagitica
  2. (obsolete) Subject to controversy; controversial.

Forms of controversal

comparativemore controversal
superlativemost controversal

Origin of controversal

From Latin contrōversus + -al.

Questions about controversal

What does controversal mean?
Controversal means facing opposite directions.
What part of speech is controversal?
Controversal is an adjective.

Words near controversal in the dictionary

  1. controulling
  2. controulls
  3. controulment
  4. controulments
  5. controuls
  6. controversal
  7. controversary
  8. controverse
  9. controverser
  10. controversers
  11. controverses

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