Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an antagonistic manner; as an antagonist.
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- adverb In an
antagonistic manner.
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- adverb in an antagonistic manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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As a vocal feminist, my opinions are often antagonistically questioned at parties and backyard barbecues.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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Wry, wily, and disarmingly smart, the New York trio started out as what seemed like a sort of meta-rap performance project, with a breakout single—"Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell"—that was aggressively, antagonistically dumb.
Wing It Out Loud Around Town Andy Battaglia 2011
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With regard to Kathleen Curry, we documented her estrangement from Democrats at the time, following her repeatedly siding with the Republican minority on a range of issues -- sometimes most antagonistically -- and it's silly of her to suggest that the animosity by that point was not mutual.
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As a vocal feminist, my opinions are often antagonistically questioned at parties and backyard barbecues.
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Dominique Mercy, the avuncular senior company member now serving as the troupe's co-artistic director, appears sparingly in "Vollmond"; unlike the rest of the men in the work, he tends not to be paired with any of the women, either antagonistically or cooperatively.
Tides of Memory Robert Greskovic 2010
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Beginning with Don Quixote, the novel begins to distinguish itself from the romance antagonistically.
Archive 2009-05-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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You get nowhere joining an institution but remaining resolutely, antagonistically anti-institution, and trying to go it alone.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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Beginning with Don Quixote, the novel begins to distinguish itself from the romance antagonistically.
What is Literary Fiction? Hal Duncan 2009
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BEIJING—China's Ministry of National Defense criticized U.S. plans to establish a permanent military presence in Australia, accusing Washington of acting antagonistically in the region and perpetuating a Cold War mentality.
China Sees 'Cold War' in U.S.'s Australia Plan Brian Spegele 2011
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The other characters whom we meet in this story are a varied bunch and most of them have ties to Dante either comradely or antagonistically and are revealed to be a lot deeper than originally assumed.
Archive 2010-06-01 Cindy 2010
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