combative
adjective
ready or inclined to fight; pugnacious.
combatively
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a word derived from
combative.
Example Sentences
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They performed combatively in the Scottish Cup final last season, but lost.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2024
But he also was engaged in the political culture of his own era, sometimes combatively so.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2022
Head hung down combatively, the first model sported a fierce, minimalist black body suit with white lines — both like a skeleton and a cutting pattern.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
It was nothing like my book, a memoir based on lists written by my grandmother, so its existence should not have troubled me, yet my writing life somehow became combatively interwoven with his.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 11, 2019
“But that will be never,” her oldest daughter said combatively.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
