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truculently

adv

Etymology

From truculent + -ly.

  1. derived from truculentus
  2. suffixed as truculently — “truculent + ly”

Definitions

  1. With aggression

    With aggression; savagely.

    • "It's no use your staying here, because I'm not going to copper anybody," said the woman truculently. "My lodgers are respectable people; they keep themselves to themselves, and I keep myself to myself.[…]"
    • After working hard for a couple of weeks he suddenly downed tools and truculently demanded thirty shillings.
    • Truculently they squared up to each other but kept just out of fighting distance?

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA