ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Belligerently

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Belligerently is an adverb meaning In a belligerent manner; with aggressive hostility.

Meaning

In a belligerent manner; with aggressive hostility.

Example Sentences

They swaggered unsteadily but belligerently toward the bar and looked at Pete with bleared and blinking eyes.
“How’d you get a job like this?” she asked. “A fella got to eat,” he began; and then, belligerently, “A fella got a right to eat.”
In truth, Mrs. Lish’s charge of anti-Semitism had backfired with a number of the faculty, who were quite belligerently anti-Semitic themselves.

Synonyms for belligerently

Depending on context, synonyms include hostilely.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hostilely, aggressively, brawlingly, bellicosely, bristlingly, assaultively.

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