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belligerently

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bel·lig·er·ent  (b-ljr-nt)
adj.
1. Inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive.
2. Of, pertaining to, or engaged in warfare.
n.
One that is hostile or aggressive, especially one that is engaged in war.

[Latin belligerns, belligerant-, present participle of belligerre, to wage war, from belliger, warlike : bellum, war + gerere, to make.]

bel·liger·ent·ly adv.
Synonyms: belligerent, bellicose, pugnacious, contentious, quarrelsome
These adjectives mean having or showing an eagerness to fight. Belligerent refers to a tendency to hostile behavior: A belligerent reporter badgered the politician.
Bellicose and pugnacious suggest a natural disposition to fight: "All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose" (H.L. Mencken). A good litigator needs a pugnacious intellect.
Contentious implies chronic argumentativeness: "His style has been described variously as abrasive and contentious, overbearing and pompous" (Victor Merina).
Quarrelsome suggests bad temper and a perverse readiness to bicker: "The men gave him much room, for he was notorious as a quarrelsome person when drunk" (Stephen Crane).
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.belligerently - with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner; "he pushed her against the wall belligerently"
Translations
belligerently [bɪˈlɪdʒərəntlɪ] ADVagresivamente
belligerently [bɪˈlɪdʒərəntli] adv [say, ask] → sur un ton agressif
belligerently
adv say, act, behavestreitlustig
belligerently [bɪˈlɪdʒərntlɪ] advbellicosamente
belligerently [bɪˈlɪdʒərntlɪ] advbellicosamente


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They swaggered unsteadily but belligerently toward the bar and looked at Pete with bleared and blinking eyes.
That first meeting in the Barbary Coast cabaret, Michael had bristled at him, and stiffened belligerently, when he laid his hand on Michael's head.
belligerently demanded one Kelly, an Irish-American and a longshoreman, making his first trip to sea, and boat-puller for Kerfoot.
 
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