Standard Lemma guide

aggressively

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

In an aggressive manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in an aggressive manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she was being sharply questioned

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sharply

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ghredh-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Latin aggressuslbor. English aggress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English aggressive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English aggressively From aggressive + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: агрэсі́ўна (ahresíwna) — in an aggressive manner
  • Catalan: agressivament — in an aggressive manner
  • Czech: agresivně — in an aggressive manner
  • Czech: útočně — in an aggressive manner
  • Dutch: agressief — in an aggressive manner
  • Estonian: agressiivselt — in an aggressive manner
  • Finnish: aggressiivisesti — in an aggressive manner
  • Greek: επιθετικά (epithetiká) — in an aggressive manner
  • Hungarian: erőszakosan — in an aggressive manner
  • Italian: aggressivamente — in an aggressive manner
  • Japanese: 攻撃的に (kōgekiteki ni) — in an aggressive manner
  • Japanese: 侵略的に (shinryakuteki ni) — in an aggressive manner
  • Japanese: 積極的に (sekkyokuteki ni) — in an aggressive manner
  • Polish: agresywnie — in an aggressive manner
  • Portuguese: agressivamente — in an aggressive manner
  • Romanian: agresiv — in an aggressive manner
  • Russian: агресси́вно (agressívno) — in an aggressive manner
  • Spanish: agresivamente — in an aggressive manner
  • Turkish: agresif bir şekilde — in an aggressive manner
  • Turkish: agresif — in an aggressive manner
  • Ukrainian: агреси́вно (ahresývno) — in an aggressive manner
Real reading context

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