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aggressively, adv.|əˈgrɛsɪvlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an aggressive manner; offensively.
1800Ann. Reg. 1795 (Dodsley) Hist. 145/1 Unwillingly to act aggressively, in so dubious a case, he proposed a negotiation for peace. 1847De Quincey in Tait's Edin. Mag. XIV. 680/2 Johnson..relied sturdily upon his natural powers for carrying him aggressively through all conversational occasions. 1849Palmerston Opin. & Pol. (1852) 479 The impression—that England..never will be found acting aggressively against any other power. 1865Mill Represent. Gov. 35/1 What then prevents the same powers from being exerted aggressively? 1882Sturgis Dick's Wandering I. i. ix. 116 Two gentlemen of an aggressively artistic appearance. 1963Publishers' Weekly 23 Sept. 34/1 An aggressively modern bookstore has been opened in Oxford. |