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offensively
offensively
/əˈfɛnsɪvli/
adverb
In an aggressive manner
(
offensively
)
in an aggressive manner
In this crisis, we must act offensively,' the President said
In this crisis, we must act offensively,' the President said
The admiral intends to act offensively in the Mediterranean
the admiral intends to act offensively in the Mediterranean
In an obnoxious manner
(
objectionably
,
obnoxiously
,
offensively
)
in an obnoxious manner
He said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences
he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences
In an unpleasantly offensive manner
(
offensively
)
in an unpleasantly offensive manner
He smelled offensively unwashed
he smelled offensively unwashed
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