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combatively
adverb
uk /ˈkɒm.bə.tɪv.li/ us /kəmˈbæ.t̬ɪv.li/
in a way that shows you are eager to fight or argue :
She talks combatively, as if looking forward to a fight.
He spoke publicly and sometimes combatively about his beliefs.
She was upbeat and combatively optimistic about the future.
"I am a marathon man," he declares combatively, "and this is a marathon".
The emergence of such a combatively conservative figure has surprised many observers.
Her style is combatively liberal, and there's a certain amount of drama to it as well.
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