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Meaning of OFFENSIVELY

Pronunciation:  uf'ensivlee

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 Definition: 
  1. [adv]  in an aggressive manner; "`In this crisis, we must act offensively,' the President said"; "the admiral intends to act offensively in the Mediterranean"
  2. [adv]  in an obnoxious manner; "he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences"
  3. [adv]  in an unpleasantly offensive manner; "he smelled offensively unwashed"
 
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 Synonyms: objectionably, obnoxiously
 
 Antonyms: defensively, inoffensively
 

 

 

 

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