offensively
/əˈfɛnsɪvli
/adverb
1In a way that causes resentment, upset, or disgust: he behaved offensively to fellow guests [as submodifier]: offensively loud music...
- Historically grape juice was preserved simply by adding offensively high doses of sulphur dioxide.
- You hurt others by taking things offensively.
- It's pathetic that a man of this century should be talking in such an offensively brazen manner about his son's future partner.
2In an actively aggressive or attacking manner: they intended to fight the war offensively our team did an amazing job offensively and defensively...
- Offensively, the running game is much easier to learn than the passing game.
- She was trying to figure out a way to use the sword offensively.
- They intended to fight the war offensively and win quickly.
- sports psychologist
- sports psychology
- sports science
- sports scientist
- sports seat
- sports shirt
- sports-shirted
- sportsspeak
- sports star
- sports suspension
- sportster
- sports utility vehicle
- sportswear
- sports wheel
- sportswise
- sportswoman
- sportswomanship
- sportswriter
- sport the (or one's) oak
- sportula
- sport ute
- sport utility
- sport utility vehicle
- sport vehicle
- sport wheel