Belligerently
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a belligerent manner; with aggressive hostility.
"They swaggered unsteadily but belligerently toward the bar and looked at Pete with bleared and blinking eyes."
Adverb
- 1 with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner wordnet
Example
More examples"They swaggered unsteadily but belligerently toward the bar and looked at Pete with bleared and blinking eyes."
Etymology
From belligerent + -ly.