disputably
In debatable fashion
In a way that can be disputed or challenged.
The adverb appears most often in its negative form, indisputably, which is far more common.
When disputably does appear, it typically qualifies claims that might be contested: The policy was disputably effective.
In debatable fashion
- contentiouslyIn argumentative fashion
- polemicallyIn a disputatious manner
- divisivelyIn a splitting manner
- provocativelyIn an inciting manner
confrontationally · antagonistically · combatively · pugnaciously · challengingly · defiantly · contrarily · discordantly
Open to debate
- debatablyIn questionable manner
- questionablyIn a doubtful way
- plausiblyIn believable manner
- conceivablyWithin imagination's reach
potentially · possibly · theoretically · hypothetically · speculatively · rationally · logically · reasonably
With uncertainty or distrust
- equivocallyIn deliberately vague manner
- ambiguouslyWith multiple possible meanings
- inconclusivelyWithout definite result
- tentativelyWithout full commitment
unclearly · indefinitely · doubtfully · problematically · nebulously · indeterminately · vaguely · unreliably
controversially
In debatable fashion
- contentiouslyIn argumentative fashion
- polemicallyIn a disputatious manner
- divisivelyIn a splitting manner
provocatively · confrontationally · antagonistically · combatively · pugnaciously · challengingly · defiantly · contrarily · discordantly · fractiously
arguably
Open to debate
- debatablyIn questionable manner
- questionablyIn a doubtful way
- plausiblyIn believable manner
conceivably · potentially · possibly · theoretically · hypothetically · speculatively · rationally · logically · reasonably · defensibly
dubiously
With uncertainty or distrust
- equivocallyIn deliberately vague manner
- ambiguouslyWith multiple possible meanings
- inconclusivelyWithout definite result
tentatively · unclearly · indefinitely · doubtfully · problematically · nebulously · indeterminately · vaguely · unreliably · irresolutely
disputablyindisputably
Beyond all argument
undeniably · unquestionably · incontrovertibly · incontestably · irrefutably