adv
Meaning 1
In a hostile manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hostilely
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈhɑ.staɪl.li/
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General-American: /ˈhɑs.təl.li/
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General-American: /ˈhɑs.tə.li/
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adverb
Meaning 2
with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he pushed her against the wall belligerently
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: belligerently
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English hostile Middle English -ly English -ly English hostilely From hostile + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: hostilment — in a hostile manner
- Czech: nepřátelsky — in a hostile manner
- Italian: ostilmente — in a hostile manner
- Polish: wrogo — in a hostile manner
- Portuguese: hostilmente — in a hostile manner
- Russian: враждебно (vraždebno) — in a hostile manner
- Spanish: hostilmente — in a hostile manner