1. (adverb)offensively in an unpleasantly offensivemanner "he smelled offensively unwashed"
2. (adverb)offensively, objectionably, obnoxiously in an obnoxious manner "he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences"
3. (adverb)offensively in an aggressive manner "`In this crisis, we must act offensively,' the President said"; "the admiral intends to act offensively in the Mediterranean"
Definition of 'offensively'
