Definition of Belligerently

1. Adverb. With hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner. "He pushed her against the wall belligerently"

Exact synonyms: Hostilely
Partainyms: Belligerent, Hostile

Definition of Belligerently

1. adv. In a belligerent manner; hostilely.

Definition of Belligerently

1. Adverb. In a belligerent manner ¹

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Definition of Belligerently

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Belligerently

bellicosity
bellicous
bellidoite
bellied
bellied up
bellies
bellies of digastric muscle
bellies of omohyoid muscle
bellies of the beasts
bellies up
belligerence
belligerences
belligerencies
belligerency
belligerent
belligerently (current term)
belligerents
belling
belling the cat
bellingerite
bellings
bellipotence
bellipotent
belllike
bellmaker
bellmakers
bellmaking
bellman
bellmen
bellmetal resonance

Literary usage of Belligerently

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Promised Land by Mary Antin (1912)
"... the artificial flower still stuck belligerently into her dusty wig, and my grandmother beaming behind her, the bride's heart fairly jumped with anger, ..."

2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1909)
"It enables the belligerently ethical to dog it with hired detectives (whereby they obtain much growth in grace), and it grants the sociological prowler a ..."

3. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1914)
""She is" answered Larry belligerently. "What of it?" Taking no notice of the questioner, but looking Maggie full in the face, the assistant manager ..."

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