militantlyadv.
/ˈmɪlᵻt(ə)ntli/, U.S. /ˈmɪlətn(t)li/ In a militant or combative manner; adamantly, determinedly.
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society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [adverb]
strivingly1382
cockingly1550
militantly1628
contendingly1655
combatively1863
1628 Bp. J. Hall Serm. Publike Fast 48 How do they looke vp at vs, as euen now Militantly-triumphant, whiles [etc.].
1886 Academy 2 Oct. 215/2 I do not in the least mean that Faust, any more than ‘Hamlet’, is a militantly heathen poem.
1887 A. C. Benson William Laud 225 Laud's ideal was a high one, but it was..too militantly..held.
1927 Enemy No. 2. p. xxviii In Germany, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Roumania, the genuine youth of these countries are militantly ‘anti-radical’.
1988 Maclean's 6 June 26/2 The militantly nonsmoking Dukakis personally went to find an ashtray for him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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