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Princeton's WordNet

  1. aggressively, sharplyadverb

    in an aggressive manner

    "she was being sharply questioned"

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  1. aggressivelyadverb

    In an aggressive manner.

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  1. aggressively

    Aggression is overt or covert, often harmful, social interaction with the intention of inflicting damage or other harm upon another individual; although it can be channeled into creative and practical outlets for some. It may occur either reactively or without provocation. In humans, aggression can be caused by various triggers, from frustration due to blocked goals to feeling disrespected. Human aggression can be classified into direct and indirect aggression; whilst the former is characterized by physical or verbal behavior intended to cause harm to someone, the latter is characterized by behavior intended to harm the social relations of an individual or group.In definitions commonly used in the social sciences and behavioral sciences, aggression is an action or response by an individual that delivers something unpleasant to another person. Some definitions include that the individual must intend to harm another person.In an interdisciplinary perspective, aggression is regarded as "an ensemble of mechanism formed during the course of evolution in order to assert oneself, relatives or friends against others, to gain or to defend resources (ultimate causes) by harmful damaging means ... These mechanisms are often motivated by emotions like fear, frustration, anger, feelings of stress, dominance or pleasure (proximate causes) ... Sometimes aggressive behavior serves as a stress relief or a subjective feeling of power." Predatory or defensive behavior between members of different species may not be considered aggression in the same sense. Aggression can take a variety of forms, which may be expressed physically, or communicated verbally or non-verbally: including anti-predator aggression, defensive aggression (fear-induced), predatory aggression, dominance aggression, inter-male aggression, resident-intruder aggression, maternal aggression, species-specific aggression, sex-related aggression, territorial aggression, isolation-induced aggression, irritable aggression, and brain-stimulation-induced aggression (hypothalamus). There are two subtypes of human aggression: (1) controlled-instrumental subtype (purposeful or goal-oriented); and (2) reactive-impulsive subtype (often elicits uncontrollable actions that are inappropriate or undesirable). Aggression differs from what is commonly called assertiveness, although the terms are often used interchangeably among laypeople (as in phrases such as "an aggressive salesperson").

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  1. aggressively

    Aggressively is an adverb that describes an action done in a forceful, assertive, or confrontational manner. It often signifies a behaviour characterized by determination, boldness, and sometimes, hostility or assertiveness, especially when pursuing goals, actions, or changes. It may also refer to carrying out an action intensely or vigorously.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of aggressively in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of aggressively in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of aggressively in a Sentence

  1. Keith McCoy:

    Did we aggressively fight against some of the science? Yes.

  2. Marco Rubio:

    It's the reason why I warned about having Russia in the Middle East, i warned exactly, specifically, this could happen. That there could be an incident with Turkey, a NATO ally. That they could aggressively fly over their territory and be shot down.

  3. Wakulla Sheriff Jared Miller:

    We have transitioned from the massive area search to an intelligence-based search, the Wakulla County Sheriff's Office along with many assisting agencies continue to follow every lead and tip that comes in aggressively.

  4. Martin Lynge Rasmussen:

    With the prop from recent monetary easing likely to be underwhelming and headwinds to economic growth mounting, we think the PBOC will start to cut rates more aggressively in the coming months.

  5. Kevin Neveu:

    Recruitment and staffing is a big challenge. We're aggressively focused on recruiting people.

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