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antagonistically

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an·tag·o·nist  (n-tg-nst)
n.
1. One who opposes and contends against another; an adversary.
2. The principal character in opposition to the protagonist or hero of a narrative or drama.
3. Physiology A muscle that counteracts the action of another muscle, the agonist.
4. Biochemistry A chemical substance that interferes with the physiological action of another, especially by combining with and blocking its nerve receptor.
an·tago·nistic adj.
an·tago·nisti·cal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.antagonisticallyantagonistically - in an antagonistic manner; "he behaves antagonistically toward his colleagues"
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Crisparkle was so completely lost in musing on these similarities and dissimilarities, at the same time watching the crowd which came and went by, always, as it seemed, on errands of antagonistically snatching something from somebody, and never giving anything to anybody, that his name was called before he heard it.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context
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