controversiallyadv.

Brit.

/ˌkɒntrəˈvəːʃl̩i/,

/ˌkɒntrəˈvəːʃəli/, U.S.

/ˌkɑntrəˈvərsiəli/,

/ˌkɑntrəˈvərʃəli/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: controversial adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < controversial adj. + -ly suffix².

1. In a disputatious manner; with regard to, or as part of, controversy or debate; in argument; polemically. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [adverb]

disputatively1588

wranglingly1611

contradictiously1615

controversallya1626

controversiallya1639

polemically1653

agonistically1861

disputatiously1864

argumentatively1876

a1639 J. Stoughton Forme Wholsome Words (1640) ii. 51 Men should be bound to use them [sc. words] that way (especially when they speake controversially and exactly).

1682 E. Pearse Conformist's 2nd Plea for Nonconformists Ded. sig. A iij^v Some that are too controversially disposed.

a1700 A. Shields tr. W. Vanderschuir et al. in Life J. Renwick 28 He answered to all the Heads of Christian Doctrine, both doctrinally and controversially propounded, pertinently and learnedly.

1743 R. Newton Pluralities Indefensible 398 What shall at any Time be Controversially written in Defence of Christian Religion.

1837 Brit. & Foreign Rev. July 238 Conduct..so far from producing anything approaching to Christian peace in our controversially vexed realms.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire v. 237 It would have been controversially futile if he had done so.

1882 E. R. Pitman Mission Life in Greece 344 We allude to the subject, not controversially, but as involving considerations of responsibility and duty.

1921 Weekly Rev. 16 Mar. 241/1 I am not stating these things controversially.

2007 D. Wright in E. Campi & P. Opitz Heinrich Bullinger I. 370 Véron engaged controversially with the prominent English radical Robert Cooche.

2. Often as a sentence adverb: in a manner that provokes or is likely to provoke controversy or debate; contentiously. Now the usual sense.

ΚΠ

1853 F. A. Cox in Cycl. Relig. Denominations 231/1 They [sc. the Baptists] differ from the Independents, or, as they are controversially called, the Pædobaptists.

1893 Spectator 17 June 796/2 This superficial view of the matter is strengthened by what is controversially, and often accurately, called ‘a moment's consideration’.

1929 H. R. Wakefield Old Man's Beard 215 She owned what may be somewhat controversially termed the Ideal Female Figure.

1989 S. G. Hall & J. Clutton-Brock 200 Years Brit. Farm Livestock ii. 27 In the late eighteenth century Galloway blood..was introduced into the Shorthorn, rather controversially.

2011 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Apr. 38/2 Controversially, psychopathy is not now a recognized basis for an insanity defense.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	controversially
释义	controversiallyadv. Brit. /ˌkɒntrəˈvəːʃl̩i/, /ˌkɒntrəˈvəːʃəli/, U.S. /ˌkɑntrəˈvərsiəli/, /ˌkɑntrəˈvərʃəli/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: controversial adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < controversial adj. + -ly suffix². 1. In a disputatious manner; with regard to, or as part of, controversy or debate; in argument; polemically. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [adverb] disputatively1588 wranglingly1611 contradictiously1615 controversallya1626 controversiallya1639 polemically1653 agonistically1861 disputatiously1864 argumentatively1876 a1639 J. Stoughton Forme Wholsome Words (1640) ii. 51 Men should be bound to use them [sc. words] that way (especially when they speake controversially and exactly). 1682 E. Pearse Conformist's 2nd Plea for Nonconformists Ded. sig. A iij^v Some that are too controversially disposed. a1700 A. Shields tr. W. Vanderschuir et al. in Life J. Renwick 28 He answered to all the Heads of Christian Doctrine, both doctrinally and controversially propounded, pertinently and learnedly. 1743 R. Newton Pluralities Indefensible 398 What shall at any Time be Controversially written in Defence of Christian Religion. 1837 Brit. & Foreign Rev. July 238 Conduct..so far from producing anything approaching to Christian peace in our controversially vexed realms. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire v. 237 It would have been controversially futile if he had done so. 1882 E. R. Pitman Mission Life in Greece 344 We allude to the subject, not controversially, but as involving considerations of responsibility and duty. 1921 Weekly Rev. 16 Mar. 241/1 I am not stating these things controversially. 2007 D. Wright in E. Campi & P. Opitz Heinrich Bullinger I. 370 Véron engaged controversially with the prominent English radical Robert Cooche. 2. Often as a sentence adverb: in a manner that provokes or is likely to provoke controversy or debate; contentiously. Now the usual sense. ΚΠ 1853 F. A. Cox in Cycl. Relig. Denominations 231/1 They [sc. the Baptists] differ from the Independents, or, as they are controversially called, the Pædobaptists. 1893 Spectator 17 June 796/2 This superficial view of the matter is strengthened by what is controversially, and often accurately, called ‘a moment's consideration’. 1929 H. R. Wakefield Old Man's Beard 215 She owned what may be somewhat controversially termed the Ideal Female Figure. 1989 S. G. Hall & J. Clutton-Brock 200 Years Brit. Farm Livestock ii. 27 In the late eighteenth century Galloway blood..was introduced into the Shorthorn, rather controversially. 2011 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Apr. 38/2 Controversially, psychopathy is not now a recognized basis for an insanity defense. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1639
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