Usually means: Involving heated argument or disagreement.
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  1. contentiously: Merriam-Webster
  2. contentiously: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. contentiously: Collins English Dictionary
  4. contentiously: Vocabulary.com
  5. contentiously: Wordnik
  6. contentiously: Wiktionary
  7. contentiously: Dictionary.com
  8. contentiously: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. contentiously: FreeDictionary.org
  10. contentiously: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. contentiously: Legal dictionary

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  1. contentiously: Encyclopedia

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▸ adverb:  In a contentious manner.

Similar:
disputatiously, disputatively, controversially, disputedly, contestingly, conflictually, litigiously, argumentatively, factiously, quarrelsomely, more...

Opposite:
harmoniously, peacefully, agreeably, cooperatively

Types:
hotly, vehemently, fiercely, passionately, angrily, more...

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Similar:
disputatiously, disputatively, controversially, disputedly, contestingly, conflictually, litigiously, argumentatively, factiously, quarrelsomely, more...

Opposite:
harmoniously, peacefully, agreeably, cooperatively

Types:
hotly, vehemently, fiercely, passionately, angrily, more...



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