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Synonyms for offensively
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : uh-fen-siv or for 4, 5, aw-fen-, of-en- |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈfɛn sɪv or for 4, 5, ˈɔ fɛn-, ˈɒf ɛn- |
Définition of offensively
Origin :- "attacking" (1540s), "insulting" (1570s), both from Middle French offensif (16c.) and directly from Medieval Latin offensivus, from Latin offens-, past participle stem of offendere "offend" (see offend). Related: Offensively; offensiveness.
- As in obnoxiously : adv cruelly
- As in outrageously : adv horribly
- Wilding shrugged and smiled; Grey's eye was offensively upon him.
- Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
- At first she was made much of, in an offensively patronising manner.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- He contrived to say it so offensively that Jumbo flushed with anger.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- He struck me as a dapper man, noticeably, but not offensively, self-satisfied.
- Extract from : « A Daughter of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
- "That is posterity's look-out," said Hamilton, offensively; but Bones ignored the rudeness.
- Extract from : « Bones » by Edgar Wallace
- On these occasions he was too vain to see what she was too polite to show him offensively.
- Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade
- Joe stared at Sam offensively, and continued to laugh after the others had done.
- Extract from : « The Huntress » by Hulbert Footner
- His manners were like those of most seamen, bold, but not offensively so.
- Extract from : « Olla Podrida » by Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)
- Not at all offensively, but he tended to get pretty ambitious then.
- Extract from : « Legacy » by James H Schmitz
- The captain stared at her offensively and went on with his meal.
- Extract from : « At Sunwich Port, Complete » by W.W. Jacobs
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