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Belligerently

adverb
1.
With hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner.  Synonym: hostilely.






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"Belligerently" Quotes from Famous Books



... are going to do, Mawruss," Potash bellowed belligerently. "Henceforth, from to-morrow on, you are going to do this, Mawruss: you are going to lunch after I am coming back. I could drop dead from hunger already for all you care. I got a stomach too, Mawruss, ...
— Abe and Mawruss - Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter • Montague Glass

... straining sight-seers, Opdyke glanced at the two men who composed his bodyguard and read a wilting spirit in their faces. He sank down into his chair, beaten, and knowing it, and when the sheriff laid a hand on his shoulder, he rose without protest and left his pistols lying where he had so belligerently slammed them down. His henchmen offered no word or gesture of protest. They had seen the strength of the tidal wave which they had hoped to outface, and they realized the futility of ...
— The Roof Tree • Charles Neville Buck

... snapped Constance, belligerently. "I have breakfasted if you please; auntie," lowering her voice to a tone of mock mystery, "we have got another detective ...
— The Diamond Coterie • Lawrence L. Lynch

... arm's length they discussed the situation, at first belligerently with much recrimination, then more calmly, at last with a modicum of mutual understanding. Neither seceded from his basic opinion. Charley Gates maintained that the Company had no earthly business ruining his property, but admitted that with all that good gold lying there ...
— The Killer • Stewart Edward White



Words linked to "Belligerently" :   belligerent, hostilely



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