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Truculently

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truc·u·lent  (trky-lnt)
adj.
1. Disposed to fight; pugnacious.
2. Expressing bitter opposition; scathing: a truculent speech against the new government.
3. Disposed to or exhibiting violence or destructiveness; fierce.
[Latin truculentus, from trux, truc-, fierce; see ter-2 in Indo-European roots.]
trucu·lent·ly adv.
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Adv.1.Truculentlytruculently - in an aggressively truculent manner; "they strive for security by truculently asserting their own interests"
2.Truculentlytruculently - in a defiantly truculent manner; "the boy looked up truculently at his teacher"


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