B2 causing disagreement or discussion:
The book was very controversial.
More examples
- They hold widely divergent opinions on controversial issues like abortion.
- Eugenics was the central, and most controversial, part of his social philosophy.
- The official censors have excised the controversial sections of the report.
- Her controversial speech was punctuated with noisy interjections from the audience.
- She's been in the limelight recently, following the release of her controversial new film.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
controversially
adverb uk
/ˌkɒn.trəˈvɜː.ʃəl.i/ us
/ˌkɑːn.trəˈvɝː.ʃəl.i/
