Offensively - Definition

offensively

adv 1: in an unpleasantly offensive manner; "he smelled
offensively unwashed" [ant: inoffensively]
2: in an obnoxious manner; "he said so in one of his more
offensively intellectually arrogant sentences" [syn:
offensively, objectionably, obnoxiously]
3: in an aggressive manner; "`In this crisis, we must act
offensively,' the President said"; "the admiral intends to
act offensively in the Mediterranean" [ant: defensively]

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