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assaultively

assaultively adverb: in an assaultive manner.

Adverb

assaultively (comparative more assaultively, superlative most assaultively)

  1. In an assaultive manner.
    • […] if we can train “naturally” antagonistic animals, such as dogs and cats or cats and mice, to live together peacefully—which we definitely can—we can also encourage “naturally” antagonistic humans to behave much less assaultively.1977, Albert Ellis, chapter 12, in Anger: How to Live With and Without It, Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press, published 1997, page 211
    • Driving back to the city, through the assaultively scenic and demographically uniform little towns, they were silent.2006, Deborah Eisenberg, “Some Other, Better Otto”, in Twilight of the Superheroes, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, page 53

Forms of assaultively

comparativemore assaultively
superlativemost assaultively

Origin of assaultively

From assaultive + -ly.

Questions about assaultively

What does assaultively mean?
Assaultively means in an assaultive manner.
What part of speech is assaultively?
Assaultively is an adverb.

Words near assaultively in the dictionary

  1. assaulters
  2. assaultest
  3. assaulteth
  4. assaulting
  5. assaultive
  6. assaultively
  7. assaultiveness
  8. assaultives
  9. assaults
  10. assaults and batteries
  11. assaults at arms

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