jmdict 2690590 Active (id#2317437)
紛う方なく； 紛うかたなく [sK] ； 紛う方無く [sK] ； まごう方なく [sK]
【 まごうかたなく； まがうかたなく 】
  1. [exp,adv]
    • undoubtedly
    • unmistakably
    • indisputably
    • definitely
    • certainly
History:
    • A 2024-10-14 21:36:38 Jim Breen (id#2317437)
    • A* 2024-10-14 21:11:41 Robin Scott (id#2317433)
    • Comments
      I don't think we can be sure that this is [uk]. The counts are quite low.
    • Refs
      紛う方なく	160	20.4%	
紛うかたなく	103	13.1%	
紛う方無く	44	5.6%	
まごう方なく	55	7.0%	
紛うかた無く	0	0.0%	
まごうかたなく	382	48.7%	
まがうかたなく	41	5.2%
    • Diff
      @@ -8,0 +9 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -11,0 +13 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -15,3 +17 @@
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>紛うかた無く</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -24,4 +23,0 @@
-<re_restr>紛う方なく</re_restr>
-<re_restr>紛うかたなく</re_restr>
-<re_restr>紛う方無く</re_restr>
-<re_restr>紛うかた無く</re_restr>
@@ -32 +27,0 @@
-<misc>&uk;</misc>
    • A 2022-05-09 16:54:15 Robin Scott
    • Refs
      gg5
    • Diff
      @@ -34,0 +35 @@
+<gloss>indisputably</gloss>
@@ -35,0 +37 @@
+<gloss>certainly</gloss>
    • A 2020-03-27 01:59:23 Robin Scott
    • Comments
      True.
Don't think that x-ref is necessary.
    • Diff
      @@ -29,0 +30 @@
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
@@ -31 +31,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2690580">紛うことなき</xref>
    • A* 2020-03-26 02:58:17 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      まごうかたなく is leading easily on n-grams and WWW hits, and the latter for まがうかたなく include quite a lot from this entry.
My guess is that the dictionary prescriptivists are saying one thing and the populace does another. It's not a particularly common term, so it probably doesn't really matter.
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