aggressively
Americanadverb
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in an aggressive, militant, or menacing manner.
The orders were to root out the entrenched rebels, swiftly and aggressively.
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in a highly competitive manner; with an aggressive effort to win.
The series was aggressively played by both teams.
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in a vigorously or forcefully enterprising manner; ambitiously.
an aggressively marketed line of cosmetics.
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in a pushy or boldly assertive manner.
They continue to lobby aggressively for a safer workplace.
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Medicine/Medical.
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(of a disease’s or tumor’s viability) in a rapid and vigorous, highly invasive manner.
The cancer has aggressively branched out to his lower intestine.
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in a highly potent, therapeutic, but risky manner, intended to destroy malignancy.
Can the treatment aggressively target the tumor without harming healthy tissue?
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(of a plant’s growth habit) with an undesirable tendency to spread rapidly, especially where unwanted.
Wild lotuses have aggressively flourished in both ponds, much to the dismay of local canoeists.
Other Word Forms
- nonaggressively adverb
- overaggressively adverb
- unaggressively adverb
Etymology
Origin of aggressively
First recorded in 1790–95; aggressive ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )
Example Sentences
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“OPEC+ is showing it is prepared to use spare capacity if needed, but it is not willing to open the taps aggressively at this stage,” the head of geopolitical analysis says.
The country has invested billions, aggressively courting Western tech giants and developing sovereign AI models to diversify its economy.
Unlike some of its competitors, the Atlanta-based company has not only marketed its plate readers to law enforcement as a vital crime-fighting tool, but aggressively pitched its product to private citizens, experts say.
From Los Angeles Times
Plenty raised concerns that other executives might now follow suit and more aggressively lay off their own employees.
The move followed warnings from Tehran ahead of the war that it would retaliate aggressively and draw the whole region into the conflict.
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