Definition of Tendentiously

1. Adverb. In a tendentious manner. "The paper reported rather tendentiously on the war atrocities"

Partainyms: Tendentious

Definition of Tendentiously

1. Adverb. In a tendentious manner. ¹

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Definition of Tendentiously

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tendentiously

tendancies
tendancy
tended
tended to(p)
tendence
tendences
tendencies
tendencious
tendency
tendency tone
tendency tones
tendency writing
tendential
tendentially
tendentious
tendentiously (current term)
tendentiousness
tendentiousnesses
tendenz
tendenzen
tender
tender-hearted
tender lines
tender loving care
tender offer
tender points
tender zones
tendered
tenderer
tenderers

Literary usage of Tendentiously

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Opposition and Dissent in Contemporary China by Peter R. Moody (1977)
"... one might argue tendentiously, to the Soviets). The campaign might have been an attack on Hua—who, presumably, prior to that time had been an ally of ..."

2. Global Challenge and Local Response: Initiatives for Economic Regeneration by Walter B. Stöhr (1990)
"This facet of the economic environment forms an institutional and social framework in which both individual initiatives and expectations are tendentiously ..."

3. Isaiah Berlin's Counter-Enlightenment by Joseph Mali, Robert Wokler (2003)
"And by tendentiously posing, and then answering, the question, "What was the Century of Lights?" these polemicists of course were at the same time making ..."

4. The Cold War in Asia by Cold War International History Project (1996)
"... met frequently with Stalin and tendentiously had informed him about the situation in the CPC. Stalin, evidently, considered Van Minh the single exponent ..."

5. CIA and Vietnam Policymakers: Three Episodes, 1962-1968 by Harold P. Ford (1999)
"... was frequently and sometimes tendentiously interrupted by Davidson...[who] angrily accused me of impugning his integrity," and who stated that the ..."

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