Ambitiously

/[ɛəːmˈbɪʃəs.li]/ adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an ambitious manner.

    "by ambitiously heaping up the conceits and authorities of other men, increase much in the bulk, but do as much imbase in true value"

Adverb
  1. 1
    with ambition; in an ambitious and energetic manner wordnet

Example

More examples

"Sony ambitiously revealed its newest project early in order to take competitors by surprise."

Etymology

From ambitious + -ly.

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