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Hostilely

//ˈhɑ.staɪl.li// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a hostile manner.

    "He watched as she paced to the other side of the counter, visibly blanching at the sight of hen and rooster salt and pepper shakers, hostilely eyeing the toaster’s knitted pink cozy, recoiling from a strange little ball made entirely of rubber bands."

Adverb
  1. 1
    with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner wordnet

Etymology

From hostile + -ly.

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