offensively

  • (r) in an unpleasantly offensive manner
    • he smelled offensively unwashed
  • (r) in an obnoxious manner
    • he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences
    objectionably, obnoxiously,
  • (r) in an aggressive manner
    • "In this crisis, we must act offensively," the President said
    • the admiral intends to act offensively in the Mediterranean

Synonyms

objectionably obnoxiously

Antonyms

inoffensively defensively

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