[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That contests; contending, competing.
1697. J. Sergeant, Solid Philos., 231. The two Contesting Motives.
1880. Daily Tel., 7 Sept. In yacht-racing you must be on board the contesting craft to … enjoy the pastime.
Hence Contestingly adv.
1648. W. Mountague, Devout Ess., xix. § 8. 371 (T.). The more contestingly they set their reason to explain them, the more intricate they, perhaps, will find them.
