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retaliatorily

retaliatorily adverb: in a retaliatory manner.

Adverb

retaliatorily (comparative more retaliatorily, superlative most retaliatorily)

  1. In a retaliatory manner.

Forms of retaliatorily

comparativemore retaliatorily
superlativemost retaliatorily

Origin of retaliatorily

From retaliatory + -ly.

Questions about retaliatorily

What does retaliatorily mean?
Retaliatorily means in a retaliatory manner.
What part of speech is retaliatorily?
Retaliatorily is an adverb.

Words near retaliatorily in the dictionary

  1. retaliationist
  2. retaliationists
  3. retaliations
  4. retaliative
  5. retaliator
  6. retaliatorily
  7. retaliators
  8. retaliatory
  9. retaliatory tariff
  10. retalk
  11. retalked

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