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aggressively

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ag·gres·sive  (-grsv)
adj.
1. Characterized by aggression: aggressive behavior.
2. Inclined to behave in an actively hostile fashion: an aggressive regime.
3. Assertive, bold, and energetic: an aggressive sales campaign.
4. Of or relating to an investment or approach to investing that seeks above-average returns by taking above-average risks.
5. Fast growing; tending to spread quickly and invade: an aggressive tumor.
6. Characterized by or inclined toward vigorous or intensive medical treatment: an aggressive approach to treating the infection.
7. Intense or harsh, as in color.

ag·gressive·ly adv.
ag·gressive·ness n.
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Adv.1.aggressively - in an aggressive manner; "she was being sharply questioned"
Translations
aggressively [əˈgresɪvlɪ] ADV
1. (= belligerently) [behave, react] → agresivamente, de manera agresiva; [say] → con mucha agresividad
2. (= assertively) [trade, sell] → enérgicamente, con empuje; [play] → agresivamente
aggressively [əˈgrɛsɪvli] adv
(= angrily) [act, react] → agressivement
(= forcefully) [compete, pursue] → avec dynamisme
aggressively
adv (= belligerently)aggressiv; (= forcefully)energisch; sellaggressiv
aggressively [əˈgrɛsɪvlɪ] advaggressivamente


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At dinner Anna was in aggressively high spirits--she almost flirted both with Tushkevitch and with Yashvin.
Pete aggressively walked up a side aisle and took seats with Maggie at a table beneath the balcony.
He was not masked--there was too much life in him, and a mask is only a lifeless thing; but he presented himself essentially as an actor, as a human being aggressively disguised.
 
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