contentiously
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7.4
- adverb
- /kənˈtɛnʃəsli/
:
contenciosamente
- Thus, at any given moment, movement self-understandings and altered versions of a movement's identity are engaged with one another, often contentiously.
- the most contentiously
Examples
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There are also reasons grounded in the necessary respect due to Indian cultures and, perhaps more contentiously, lands that should be returned to Indians for strategic political reasons.
Academic text (2005) -
Firmly but not contentiously, she said: "Maybe my obligations there are as important as those here."
Fiction book (1994) -
"Does it matter?" Paul questioned contentiously.
Fiction book (1999) -
Contentiously to start, but things settled down.
Fiction book (1999) -
This is true for all three of our cases as well, although in two of the three, changed relations with the state led to the emergence of contentiously engaged dialogic partners from within the movement. Case Studies
Academic text (2008) -
MAN: Somewhat contentiously, I may have just the man, but rather inconveniently, he's currently incarcerated at His Majesty's pleasure.
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William Fulke brought out a contentiously titled edition in response, The Text of the New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated out of the vulgar Latin of the traitorous Seminary at Rheims.
Academic text (2006) -
Though supported by Michigan's moderate conservative governor, Rick Snyder, Michigan's Medicaid expansion program was contentiously debated in the Republican-controlled state legislature.
Academic text (2017) -
Both of us argue, on the contrary, that Palestinian nationalist engagement has facilitated feminist agency for many women, even as hegemonic versions of the two projects often coexist contentiously and construct each other in mutually exclusive terms.
Academic text (2005) -
The meeting ended contentiously as the team could not agree on the new policy.
Synonyms
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6.1
In a way that makes people disagree strongly
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6.2
Causing disagreement or anger between people and groups
In a way that often argues with others or challenges their ideas
You speak in a way that shows you like to disagree with others
In a strongly critical way that tries to cause an argument
People act in ways that cause disagreement or tension
Antonyms
How Contentious
Surface Forms
Morphology
contentiously = contentious (semi-transparent) = contention + ious + ly
Formation of the adverb by adding the productive suffix '-ly' to an adjective is regular and easily understood by learners who know 'contentious'.
Etymology
Contentiously comes from contention ('argument') and the verb contend ('to argue'). So, it is like a contest with words and means acting in a way that causes or joins an argument.