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tendentiously, adv.|tɛnˈdɛnʃəslɪ|
[f. tendentious a. + -ly2.]
In a tendentious manner; with a purposed tendency or aim. So tenˈdentiousness.
1920Glasgow Herald 9 Apr. 8 This was not due to any tendenciousness on the part of official reports. 1924History Oct. 215 If we could..speak with our enemies in the gate, we should doubtless teach geography.. tendenciously. 1946Law. Rep. 2 Mar. 265 One may perhaps describe the two sides, as little tendentiously as possible, [etc.]. 1966Listener 17 Nov. 745/1 Confessions on the telephone,..and witnesses complaining they were not allowed to say what they wanted to say at the trial. As an exercise in tendentiousness it would be hard to beat. 1983Washington Post 2 Oct. c1/4 The result is a book of findings, tendentiously presented. Ibid. 11 Oct. c3/3 The tendentiousness of ‘The Final Option’ may come as a perversely amusing shock. |