Title: Covalency and ionicity do not oppose each other - Relationship between Si-O bond character and basicity of siloxanes Authors: Malte Fugel, Maxie F. Hesse, Rumpa Pal, Jens Beckmann, Dylan Jayatilaka, Michael J. Turner, Amir Karton, Patrick Bultinck, Graham S. Chandler, and Simon Grabowsky This manuscript has been accepted after peer review and appears as an Accepted Article online prior to editing, proofing, and formal publication of the final Version of Record (VoR). This work is currentl