offensively

adv 1: in an unpleasantly offensive manner; "he smelled offensively

unwashed" [ant: {inoffensively}]

2: in an obnoxious manner; "he said so in one of his more

offensively intellectually arrogant sentences" [syn: {objectionably},

{obnoxiously}]

3: in an aggressive manner; "`In this crisis, we must act

offensively,' the President said"; "the admiral intends to

act offensively in the Mediterranean" [ant: {defensively}]