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offensively en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /əˈfɛnsɪvli/ (Canada, US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English offensive 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 offensively From offensive + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an offensive manner.
   • I am sure the hostess will leave off her list men and women who usually drink too much, the woman who gets mushy and tries to steal all the handsomest husbands, the man who offensively would take this opportunity to try to build up sales contacts, […] 1948, The American Magazine, volume 145, page 122:
   • The problem is that it would be difficult to use a joker offensively since you could never know how it was going to move, meaning it’d be most useful setting it up for potential queen/rook captures to disincentivize your opponent from moving those pieces. 2018 October 12, aabicus, “My 7 Favorite Fairy Chess Pieces”, in The Daily SPUF, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2021:
   • Malcolm seeks help via the Internet but not before he has elaborately explicit “sex” with Abigail, easily among the most offensively tasteless gross-outs in a movie that delights in them. 2014 April 19, Stephen Schaefer, “Wayans’ ‘Haunted’ sequel fails to scare up laughs”, in Boston Herald, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2020, retrieved 22 Apr 2014:

Forms

Translations (4)

es ofensivamente (in an offensive manner) · ca ofensivament (in an offensive manner) · ru оби́дно (in an offensive manner) · eo ofende (in an offensive manner)