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hostilely

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hos·tile  (hstl, -tl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: hostile forces; hostile acts.
2. Feeling or showing enmity or ill will; antagonistic: a hostile remark.
3. Unfavorable to health or well-being; inhospitable or adverse: a hostile climate.
n.
1. An antagonistic person or thing.
2. An enemy in warfare.
[Latin hostlis, from hostis, enemy; see ghos-ti- in Indo-European roots.]
hostile·ly adv.
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Adv.1.hostilely - with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner; "he pushed her against the wall belligerently"
belligerently
Translations
hostilely [ˈhɒstaɪllɪ] adv → ostilmente
hostilely [ˈhɒstaɪllɪ] adv → ostilmente


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She saw, too, how coldly her father responded at last to Vronsky's bow, and how Vronsky looked with amiable perplexity at her father, as though trying and failing to understand how and why anyone could be hostilely disposed towards him, and she flushed.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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