uncontroversially
- adverb
- /ˌʌnˌkɒntrəˈvɜːrʃəli/
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sin controversia
- In case after case concerning the local and state police power, the word "regulate" is used, and that power uncontroversially includes mandates.
Say, OK, what we can observe, I would say pretty uncontroversially, is more extreme weather events.
- Say, OK, what we can observe, I would say pretty uncontroversially, is more extreme weather events.
Examples
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Say, OK, what we can observe, I would say pretty uncontroversially, is more extreme weather events.
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This rule applies naturally and uncontroversially to most (but not all) Americans.
Academic text (2017) -
If called, doing one's best in combat seems uncontroversially an obligation attached to the role.
Academic text (1997) -
The only concern that could possibly trump the value of the autonomy rights of uncontroversially existing persons as protected by the Constitution is an opposing concern of at least the same magnitude.
Academic text (2007) -
Slavery is uncontroversially accepted; we never see it challenged or its legitimacy questioned, and this is so because it is ritually sanctified.
Academic text (1999) -
The substantive issue about personhood is whether the zygote and later stages of the embryo and fetus have the same rights as uncontroversially existing persons.
Academic text (2007) -
Once a child is born, then yes, the mother-child relationship has an overriding secular priority, but the obligation to maintain that relationship from the moment of conception can't be assumed without also assuming that the zygote is the moral equivalent of an uncontroversially existing person.
Academic text (2007) -
We intuitively understand this when we judge, uncontroversially, that it is not a human tragedy that a high percentage of fertilized eggs never achieve implantation (up to two-thirds, by some estimates) but are expelled naturally during menstruation.
Academic text (2007) -
The scientist's findings were accepted uncontroversially by his peers, as they were supported by extensive research.
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The committee's decision to approve the project was made uncontroversially, with everyone agreeing on its benefits.
Synonyms
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6.7
In a calm, fair way without strong feeling or bias
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3.6
Without showing strong feeling or taking sides
In a way that causes no problems or complaints
Without complaining or saying no when asked
In a way that does not upset or hurt people
Antonyms
How Controversial
Surface Forms
Morphology
uncontroversially = uncontroversial (transparent) = un + controversy + ially
The adverb is transparently derived from the adjective 'uncontroversial'.
Etymology
Uncontroversially breaks into un- 'not', controversy 'a public argument or disagreement', and -ly which makes it 'in a way'. So, to do something uncontroversially is to do it 'without causing argument' or 'without disagreement', and that is exactly how we use the word today.