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offensively
adverb
Aggressively
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adverb
Aggressively
“‘In this crisis, we must act offensively,’ the President said”
adverb
In an obnoxious manner
“He said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences”
adverb
In an unpleasantly offensive manner
“He smelled offensively unwashed”
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‘In this crisis, we must act offensively,’ the President said
The admiral intends to act offensively in the Mediterranean
He said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences
He smelled offensively unwashed
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