aggressively

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adverb

In an aggressive manner.

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Meanings

adverbaggressively (comparative more aggressively, superlative most aggressively)

comparative more aggressively · superlative most aggressively

  1. In an aggressive manner.

    The service aggressively maintained its position until I produced evidence proving it was untrue - including a recording of one of the calls with a senior MI5 officer.

    2025 July 6, Daniel De Simone, “How MI5 piled falsehood on falsehood in court in the case of a spy who abused women”, in BBC News, retrieved 06 Jul 2025
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    Yes, there were instances of grandstanding and obsessive behaviour, but many were concealed at the time to help protect an aggressively peddled narrative of [Oscar] Pistorius the paragon, the emblem, the trailblazer.

    2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport), archived from the original on 21 Oct 2014

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin an aggressive manner

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*gʰredʰ-
  6. Latingradior
  7. Latinaggredior
  8. Latinaggressu
  9. Englishaggress
  10. Englishaggressive
  11. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  12. Proto-Germanic*līką
  13. Englishaggressively

From aggressive + -ly.

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Translations

Catalan agressivament
  • agressivamentin an aggressive manner
Czech agresivně, útočně
  • agresivněin an aggressive manner
  • útočněin an aggressive manner
Dutch agressief
  • agressiefin an aggressive manner
Estonian agressiivselt
  • agressiivseltin an aggressive manner
Finnish aggressiivisesti
  • aggressiivisestiin an aggressive manner
Greek επιθετικά
  • επιθετικά (epithetiká)in an aggressive manner
Hungarian erőszakosan
  • erőszakosanin an aggressive manner
Italian aggressivamente
  • aggressivamentein an aggressive manner
Japanese 攻撃的に, 侵略的に
  • 攻撃的に (kōgekiteki ni)in an aggressive manner
  • 侵略的に (shinryakuteki ni)in an aggressive manner
  • 積極的に (sekkyokuteki ni)in an aggressive manner
Polish agresywnie
  • agresywniein an aggressive manner
Portuguese agressivamente
  • agressivamentein an aggressive manner
Romanian agresiv
  • agresivin an aggressive manner
Russian агресси́вно
  • агресси́вно (agressívno)in an aggressive manner
Spanish agresivamente
  • agresivamentein an aggressive manner
Turkish agresif bir şekilde, agresif
  • agresif bir şekildein an aggressive manner
  • agresifin an aggressive manner
Ukrainian агреси́вно
  • агреси́вно (ahresývno)in an aggressive manner
Cite this entry
APA

aggressively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aggressively

MLA

“aggressively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aggressively. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aggressively,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aggressively.

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