adverb + (adj.)contentious emotionally, equally, extremely, highly, increasingly, largely, less, more, most, often, openly, overly, particularly, politically, potentially, publicly, sometimes, somewhat, unusually

(adj.)contentious + adverb inevitably, precisely

(adj.)contentious + noun abortion, arena, atmosphere, battle, battleground, briefing, climate, confirmation, conversation, debate, dialogue, dispute, divorce, dozens, election, exchange, fight, forum, hearing, immigration, interaction, issue, legislation, legislature, litigation, matter, meeting, merger, nature, negotiation, occupation, parade, politics, process, proposition, provision, relation, relationship, repertoire, review, session, stance, struggle, subject, tenure, testimony, tone, topic, vote [See all][See only the most frequent]