pugnaciously

Adverb

Meaning

in a pugnacious manner

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

aggressive antagonistic belligerent combative quarrelsome pugnacious disagreeably hostilely belligerently truculently scrappily martially harshly bellicose aggressively
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Antonyms

affectionately amicably cheerfully courteously amiably congenially
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Related terms

pugnacious pugnacity pugnaciousness

Examples

Elmer Gantry was drunk. He was eloquently drunk, lovingly and pugnaciously drunk. Sinclair Lewis

Close letter words and terms

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