belligerently
Adverb
Meaning
In a belligerent manner; hostilely.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
hostilely
warlike
aggressive
violently
militant
militarily
adversely
angrily
combative
vigorously
offensively
disagreeably
truculently
martially
warring
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he pushed her against the wall belligerently
Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev was belligerently threatening to upend the postwar status quo in Europe by dividing Berlin in half with a barbed-wire fence.
That’s not Leia losing her temper, that’s Leia belligerently fighting against the extreme sexual tension.