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aggressively

/əˈgrɛsɪvli/
/əˈgrɛsɪvli/
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When you do something aggressively, you act in a forceful and often hostile way. Aggressively tackling someone in football is generally fine, but aggressively shoving to the front of a line is not.

The adverb aggressively means "with aggression" or "in a combative or threatening way." Think of military troops moving aggressively into enemy territory. You can also use this word in a slightly gentler way to describe something done forcefully or assertively: "They're marketing their cupcakes so aggressively — I see those ads everywhere I go!"

Definitions of aggressively
  1. adverb
    in an aggressive manner
    synonyms: sharply
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