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offensively

US/əˈfɛnsɪvli/

offensively adverb: in an offensive manner.

Adverb

offensively (comparative more offensively, superlative most offensively)

  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
    • 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

offensively meaning in Malayalam

offensively in Malayalam

കുറ്റകരമായി

Forms of offensively

comparativemore offensively
superlativemost offensively
alternative form (nonstandard, archaic)offencively

Origin of offensively

From offensive + -ly.

Questions about offensively

What does offensively mean?
Offensively means in an offensive manner.
What is offensively in Malayalam?
Offensively in Malayalam is കുറ്റകരമായി. See Offensively meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is offensively?
Offensively is an adverb.
How do you pronounce offensively?
Offensively is pronounced /əˈfɛnsɪvli/ (US).

Words near offensively in the dictionary

  1. offensive tackle
  2. offensive tackles
  3. offensive to pious ears
  4. offensive zone
  5. offensive zones
  6. offensively
  7. offensiveness
  8. offensivenesses
  9. offensives
  10. offensivity
  11. offer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: offensively (page history and authors); offensively (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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