Truculently

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    With aggression; savagely.

    "After working hard for a couple of weeks he suddenly downed tools and truculently demanded thirty shillings."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a defiantly truculent manner wordnet
  2. 2
    in an aggressively truculent manner wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
aggressivelyaggressivelyatrociouslybelligerentlycruellydefiantly

Example

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"After working hard for a couple of weeks he suddenly downed tools and truculently demanded thirty shillings."

Etymology

From truculent + -ly.

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