Meanings
comparative more hostilely · superlative most hostilely
- In a hostile manner.
"But why," demanded the other lady hostilely, "why should the man want her here?"
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC1 more example
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.
2022, Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry, Penguin (2023), page 214
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbwith hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan hostilment
- hostilmentin a hostile manner
Czech nepřátelsky
- nepřátelskyin a hostile manner
Italian ostilmente
- ostilmentein a hostile manner
Polish wrogo
- wrogoin a hostile manner
Portuguese hostilmente
- hostilmentein a hostile manner
Russian враждебно
- враждебно (vraždebno)in a hostile manner
Spanish hostilmente
- hostilmentein a hostile manner
Cite this entry
hostilely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hostilely
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