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controversary

controversary adjective: controversial.

Adjective

controversary (comparative more controversary, superlative most controversary)

  1. (obsolete) controversial
    • These controversary points I have rather crossed in my way, than taken along with me.1627, Joseph Hall, To my new and dearly affected charge, the Diocese of Exeter

Forms of controversary

comparativemore controversary
superlativemost controversary

Questions about controversary

What does controversary mean?
Controversary means controversial.
What part of speech is controversary?
Controversary is an adjective.

Words near controversary in the dictionary

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

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