English Explanatory Dictionary

aggressively

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv

In an aggressive manner.

Pronunciation

en-us-aggressively.ogg

Word forms

aggressively more aggressively most aggressively

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Latin aggressuslbor. English aggress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English aggressive Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English aggressively From aggressive + -ly.

Related words

aggress aggression

Derived words

hyperaggressively passive-aggressively

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