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tendentiously

tendentiously adverb: in a tendentious manner.

Adverb

tendentiously (comparative more tendentiously, superlative most tendentiously)

  1. In a tendentious manner.

Forms of tendentiously

comparativemore tendentiously
superlativemost tendentiously

Origin of tendentiously

From tendentious + -ly.

Questions about tendentiously

What does tendentiously mean?
Tendentiously means in a tendentious manner.
What part of speech is tendentiously?
Tendentiously is an adverb.

Words near tendentiously in the dictionary

  1. tendency writing
  2. tendency writings
  3. tendential
  4. tendentially
  5. tendentious
  6. tendentiously
  7. tendentiousness
  8. tendentiousnesses
  9. Tendenz
  10. tender
  11. tender cab

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