combatively
- 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
And yet, he combatively reserved for himself the superlative of greatest rock drummer, unbeatable even with constant, self-inflicted health setbacks.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2019
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
He combatively threw the question back at her, for which he later apologized.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2019
“But that will be never,” her oldest daughter said combatively.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
