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combatively

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com·bat·ive  (km-btv)
adj.
Eager or disposed to fight; belligerent. See Synonyms at argumentative.

com·bative·ly adv.
com·bative·ness n.
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Adv.1.combatively - in a bellicose contentious manner; "`Don't trespass onto my property,' the neighbor shouted combatively"


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The Guest-movie vets are spot-on as usual: Willard hilariously self-involved, Lynch combatively contemptuous of her co-anchor's inanity.
Attracted to animation for what he calls its "constructed" nature, Ezawa has, somewhat combatively, described his solitary and labor-intensive process as a struggle between himself and the computer.
According to the Church of Smyrna's official Letter, "He was arrested when Statius Quadratus was the Proconsul, but Jesus Christ was reigning for ever," this finale combatively replacing the expected formal mention of the incumbent emperor.
 
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