polemicallyadv.
/pəˈlɛmᵻkli/, U.S. /pəˈlɛmək(ə)li/ In a polemical manner; controversially, disputatiously.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [adverb]
disputatively1588
wranglingly1611
contradictiously1615
controversallya1626
controversiallya1639
polemically1653
agonistically1861
disputatiously1864
argumentatively1876
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polemically1653
1653 S. Fisher Παιδοβαπτιζοντες Παιδιζοντες: Baby-baptism 53 As David before Goliahs [sic], that have been Polemically exercised from their youth, in that truth on their side doth animate and assist them.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. i. i. 29/1 He was also sometimes put upon writing yet more Polemically.
1793 T. Pennant Lit. Life 27 But this was not published by me polemically, or in any wise inimical to so excellent a character.
1844 R. W. Emerson Ess. 2nd Ser. ii I say this polemically, or in reply to the inquiry, why not realize your world?
1886 Manch. Examiner 27 Jan. 3/2 A second article..which is able, sound, and polemically effective.
1937 Econ. Hist. Rev. 8 2 F. Rachfall was the first to argue along these lines and he was answered in detail and polemically by Weber himself.
2002 Hist. Scotl. Mar.–Apr. 57/1 Hugh MacDiarmid in the twentieth century contended polemically that Scottish culture was where extremes met.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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