aggressively

American  

[uh-gres-iv-lee] / əˈgrɛs ɪv li /

adverb

1. in an aggressive, militant, or menacing manner.

   The orders were to root out the entrenched rebels, swiftly and aggressively.

2. in a highly competitive manner; with an aggressive effort to win.

   The series was aggressively played by both teams.

3. in a vigorously or forcefully enterprising manner; ambitiously.

   an aggressively marketed line of cosmetics.

4. in a pushy or boldly assertive manner.

   They continue to lobby aggressively for a safer workplace.

5. Medicine/Medical.

   1. (of a disease’s or tumor’s viability) in a rapid and vigorous, highly invasive manner.

      The cancer has aggressively branched out to his lower intestine.

   2. in a highly potent, therapeutic, but risky manner, intended to destroy malignancy.

      Can the treatment aggressively target the tumor without harming healthy tissue?

6. (of a plant’s growth habit) with an undesirable tendency to spread rapidly, especially where unwanted.

   Wild lotuses have aggressively flourished in both ponds, much to the dismay of local canoeists.

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Other Word Forms

• nonaggressively adverb
• overaggressively adverb
• unaggressively adverb

Etymology

Origin of aggressively

First recorded in 1790–95; aggressive ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )

Example Sentences

After the Fed was slow to respond to rising prices in 2021, Powell raised rates aggressively over the following two years and brought inflation down from above 9% to roughly 2.5% without causing a recession.

From Barron's

After the Fed was slow to respond to rising prices in 2021, Powell raised rates aggressively over the following two years and brought inflation down from above 9% to roughly 2.5% without causing a recession.

From Barron's

The turning point came in the 1980s, when operators began aggressively localizing the concept.

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Meanwhile, Chinese firms have been expanding aggressively overseas in search of higher margins.

From The Wall Street Journal

As a core supplier to the pioneering AI application developers—ChatGPT’s OpenAI and Claude’s Anthropic, among others—Oracle can sustain high sales growth, put its large capital expenditures behind it, and grow earnings aggressively.

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