truculentlyadv.
/ˈtrʌkjᵿləntli/, /ˈtrʌkjᵿln̩tli/, U.S. /ˈtrəkjələntli/ In a truculent manner; savagely.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adverb]
grimc893
sternlyc897
bremeOE
bitterlyc1000
etelichec1175
heterlya1225
felonly1303
asperlyc1314
fellc1330
fellyc1330
cruentlyc1380
beastlyc1390
unmanlyc1454
felonmentc1470
cruelly1487
inhumanly1490
unkindfully?1534
boarishlya1563
savagely1563
tiger-like1576
unhumanly1586
inhumanlike1595
inhumanely1598
immanely1612
savagiously1625
wolvishly1628
beastlilya1631
brutisha1645
truculently1654
tigerously1698
brutally1749
tigerishly1878
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > [adverb]
grimc893
grimly971
bremeOE
reighlyOE
witherc1200
felonly1303
asperlyc1314
fellc1330
fellyc1330
fiercelya1375
sturdilyc1374
wickedlya1375
sternly1398
runishlyc1400
witherlyc1400
felonmentc1470
cruelly1487
blusterously1548
boarishlya1563
tiger-like1576
sternfully1582
mankindly1606
wolvishly1628
truculently1654
tigerously1698
tigerishly1878
1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. i. 86 Most truculently butchered.
1837 T. Carlyle Diamond Necklace xiv, in Fraser's Mag. Feb. 182/2 How fares it with his Eminence..at times truculently stamping?
1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. Surv. 179 Often beaten..from the firm land, he always returned again, truculently fought again.
Derivatives
ˈtruculentness n. rare = truculence n.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
ΚΠ
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Truculence, Truculentness, cruelty, savageness, sternness.
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