truculently

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Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Adverb

English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

truculent +‎ -ly

Adverb [edit]

truculently (comparative more truculently, superlative most truculently)

With aggression; savagely.
- William Golding—The Lord of the Flies, chapter 11
  
  Truculently they squared up to each other but kept just out of fighting distance?

Synonyms [edit]

(with agression): aggressively, belligerently, cruelly, defiantly, ferociously, savagely

Related terms [edit]

Translations [edit]

with aggression

Dutch: woest (nl), vijandig (nl)

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