Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contentiously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables: con-tentious-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a contentious manner.

Example Sentences

"The etymology of the term Japlish is disputed and contentiously so."

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin contentiōsus Middle French contentieux English contentious Middle English -ly English -ly English contentiously From contentious + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more contentiously (comparative) most contentiously (superlative)

Questions

What does contentiously mean?: In a contentious manner.
Where does contentiously come from?: Etymology tree Latin contentiōsus Middle French contentieux English contentious Middle English -ly English -ly English contentiously From contentious + -ly.

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