controversially
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a controversial manner.
Example Sentences
- "West Brom came from behind to snatch their first league win at Villa Park since 1979 after Aston Villa's Chris Herd was controversially sent off."
- "Chirk station closed to goods traffic in 1964 and became unstaffed in the 1970s, before a final blow was dealt in 1987 when the original station building was controversially demolished by the local council."
Etymology
Etymology tree English controversial Middle English -ly English -ly English controversially From controversial + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more controversially (comparative)
most controversially (superlative)