Word.ws English Dictionary

pugilistically

UK/pjuːdʒɪˈlɪstɪkli/

pugilistically adverb: in a pugilistic manner; by means of fighting; aggressively.

Adverb

pugilistically (comparative more pugilistically, superlative most pugilistically)

  1. In a pugilistic manner; by means of fighting; aggressively.
    • Wired Puerto Ricans were pacing about pugilistically on the corner, and black guys with big hats were leaning in doorways.1994, Edward St Aubyn, Bad News, Picador, published 2006, page 191

Forms of pugilistically

comparativemore pugilistically
superlativemost pugilistically

Origin of pugilistically

From pugilistic + -ally.

Questions about pugilistically

What does pugilistically mean?
Pugilistically means in a pugilistic manner; by means of fighting; aggressively.
What part of speech is pugilistically?
Pugilistically is an adverb.
How do you pronounce pugilistically?
Pugilistically is pronounced /pjuːdʒɪˈlɪstɪkli/ (UK).

Words near pugilistically in the dictionary

  1. pugilism
  2. pugilisms
  3. pugilist
  4. pugilistic
  5. pugilistical
  6. pugilistically
  7. pugilistics
  8. pugilists
  9. pugillare
  10. pugillares
  11. pugillaris

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pugilistically (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “pugilistically.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/pugilistically. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.