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BELLIGERENTLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does belligerently mean?
• BELLIGERENTLY (adverb)
The adverb BELLIGERENTLY has 1 sense:
1. with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner
Familiarity information: BELLIGERENTLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
With hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner
Synonyms:
belligerently; hostilely
Context example:
he pushed her against the wall belligerently
Pertainym:
belligerent (characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight)
Context examples
“So it was you, was it, you black beggar?” belligerently demanded one Kelly, an Irish-American and a longshoreman, making his first trip to sea, and boat-puller for Kerfoot.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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