contentiously

English

Etymology

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.

Translations

In a contentious manner

• Catalan: contenciosament (ca)
• Italian: litigiosamente (it), polemicamente (it)
• Russian: придирчиво (ru) (pridirčivo), сварливо (ru) (svarlivo), вздорно (ru) (vzdorno)