Definition of controversially in English:
 controversially
adverb kɒntrəˈvəːʃəliˌkɑntrəˈvərʃəli
In a way that gives rise to controversy or public disagreement.
 the horse was controversially disqualified from first place
 Example sentencesExamples
-  He did everything to make the bureau head's job untenable, until the latter was controversially sacked.
 -  Potential sales include the hospital, controversially closed last month.
 -  The five trees were controversially felled by the district council in November 2001.
 -  Controversially, the report recommended reviewing the committee's role in funding.
 -  The controversially high entrance charge of $20 is for the museum.
 -  The 2–3 final score was a big disappointment after conceding a controversially deflected early goal.
 -  To put it controversially, psychoanalysis must lull the patient into a false sense of security.
 -  He controversially vetoed this in order to fund military spending.
 -  Less controversially, the wadi has been turned into a road (it always was a sort of thoroughfare).
 -  The labor historian, controversially, also points to new rights-based principles that damaged trade unionism.
 
  Definition of controversially in US English:
 controversially
adverbˌkɑntrəˈvərʃəliˌkäntrəˈvərSHəlē
In a way that gives rise to controversy or public disagreement.
 the horse was controversially disqualified from first place
 Example sentencesExamples
-  He controversially vetoed this in order to fund military spending.
 -  Controversially, the report recommended reviewing the committee's role in funding.
 -  The controversially high entrance charge of $20 is for the museum.
 -  Less controversially, the wadi has been turned into a road (it always was a sort of thoroughfare).
 -  He did everything to make the bureau head's job untenable, until the latter was controversially sacked.
 -  Potential sales include the hospital, controversially closed last month.
 -  The 2–3 final score was a big disappointment after conceding a controversially deflected early goal.
 -  The labor historian, controversially, also points to new rights-based principles that damaged trade unionism.
 -  The five trees were controversially felled by the district council in November 2001.
 -  To put it controversially, psychoanalysis must lull the patient into a false sense of security.