In a manner related to or characteristic of factions; in a way that divides people into competing groups.
From factional + -ly (adverbial suffix). Standard formation of the adverb from the adjective.
This adverb transforms the adjective into a description of how something happens — 'the party split factionally' means it divided along faction lines rather than through any logical process.
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