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aggressively
[ uh-gres-iv-lee ]
adverb
- in an aggressive, militant, or menacing manner:
The orders were to root out the entrenched rebels, swiftly and aggressively.
- in a highly competitive manner; with an aggressive effort to win:
The series was aggressively played by both teams.
- in a vigorously or forcefully enterprising manner; ambitiously:
an aggressively marketed line of cosmetics.
- in a pushy or boldly assertive manner:
They continue to lobby aggressively for a safer workplace.
- Medicine/Medical.
- (of a disease’s or tumor’s viability) in a rapid and vigorous, highly invasive manner:
The cancer has aggressively branched out to his lower intestine.
- in a highly potent, therapeutic, but risky manner, intended to destroy malignancy:
Can the treatment aggressively target the tumor without harming healthy tissue?
- (of a plant’s growth habit) with an undesirable tendency to spread rapidly, especially where unwanted:
Wild lotuses have aggressively flourished in both ponds, much to the dismay of local canoeists.
Other Word Forms
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Word History and Origins
Origin of aggressively1
Example Sentences
Those characteristics may be undercut by uncertainty over corporate support, making it difficult to aggressively cover the Trump White House.
Raducanu played more aggressively in the second set but also had to dig deep as Lamens tried to pin her back behind the baseline.
Tovar had another concert lined up for Wilmington headlined by the aggressively radical Dead Kennedys that he was calling “Storming the Docks,” if he could get police to sign off.
Not the delicate meringues or the aggressively frosted cupcakes of childhood birthday parties, but the muscular, memory-laced ones.
Experts advise people not to interact with animals believed to be sick because they might aggressively lunge or even bite.
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