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offensively

adverb
  1. in an aggressive manner
    “`In this crisis, we must act offensively,' the President said”
    aggressively
  2. in an obnoxious manner
    “They said so in one of their more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences.”
    objectionablyobnoxiously
  3. in an unpleasantly offensive manner
    “I smelled offensively unwashed.”