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Offensively

//əˈfɛnsɪvli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In an offensive manner.

    "I am sure the hostess will leave off her list men and women who usually drink too much, the woman who gets mushy and tries to steal all the handsomest husbands, the man who offensively would take this opportunity to try to build up sales contacts, […]"

Adverb
  1. 1
    aggressively wordnet
  2. 2
    in an obnoxious manner wordnet
  3. 3
    in an unpleasantly offensive manner wordnet

Etymology

From offensive + -ly.

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