contentiously

English

Etymology

contentious + -ly

Adverb

contentiously (comparative more contentiously, superlative most contentiously)

  1. In a contentious manner.
    • 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 13:
      The etymology of the term Japlish is disputed and contentiously so.

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