contentiously

contentiously

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Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *ten-
Proto-Indo-European *tend-der.
Proto-Italic *tendō
Latin tendō
Latin contendō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin contentiō
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der.
Latin -ōsus
Latin contentiōsus
Middle French contentieux
English contentious
English -ly
English contentiously

    From 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[1], page 13:
        The etymology of the term Japlish is disputed and contentiously so.

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