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truculently

truculently adverb: with aggression; savagely.

Adverb

truculently (comparative more truculently, superlative most truculently)

  1. With aggression; savagely.
    • "It's no use your staying here, because I'm not going to copper anybody," said the woman truculently. "My lodgers are respectable people; they keep themselves to themselves, and I keep myself to myself.[…]"1923, Edgar Wallace, chapter XXXVII, in The Missing Million, London: John Long, […], published 1927, →OCLC, page 211
    • After working hard for a couple of weeks he suddenly downed tools and truculently demanded thirty shillings.1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 71

Examples of truculently in a sentence

  • Truculently they squared up to each other but kept just out of fighting distance?1954, William Golding, “chapter 11”, in Lord of the Flies:
  • Toberman was disconcerted. ‘What's the matter?’ he demanded truculently.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  • `What's wrong with that?' he demanded truculently.1965, James Holledge, What Makes a Call Girl?, London: Horwitz Publications, page 128:

Synonyms of truculently

All synonyms of truculently

Forms of truculently

comparativemore truculently
superlativemost truculently

Origin of truculently

From truculent + -ly.

Questions about truculently

What does truculently mean?
Truculently means with aggression; savagely.
How do you use truculently in a sentence?
Truculently they squared up to each other but kept just out of fighting distance?
What part of speech is truculently?
Truculently is an adverb.

Words near truculently in the dictionary

  1. truculence
  2. truculences
  3. truculencies
  4. truculency
  5. truculent
  6. truculently
  7. Trudau
  8. Trudaux
  9. truddies
  10. truddy
  11. Trudeau

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