adverb
contentē
contentē (comparative contentius, superlative contentissimē)
Meaning
- earnestly, vehemently, with exertion
contentē, adv., v. contendo,
I. P. a. fin.
contentē, adv., v. contineo,
I. P. a. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
contentē adv. with comp.
1 contentus, earnestly, with exertion, vehemently: pro se dicere: ambulare contentius.
Origins
From contentus, participle of contendō (“stretch, strain”).