5
polemically
4
arguably(adverb, uncertainly)
4
argumentatively(adverb, contentiously)
4
contentiously(adverb, contentiously)
4
debatably(adverb, uncertainly)
4
disputably(adverb, uncertainly)
3
contestably(adverb, uncertainly)
3
questionably(adverb, uncertainly)
2
controversial
2
disputatiously
2
litigiously
2
mootly
1
ambivalently(adverb, uncertainly)
1
antagonistically(adverb, contentiously)
1
antipathetically(adverb, contentiously)
1
cacophonously(adverb, contentiously)
1
contrarily(adverb, contentiously)
1
controvertibly
1
discordantly(adverb, contentiously)
1
dissonantly(adverb, contentiously)
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