| 单词 | belligerently |
| 释义 | belligerently (once / 21888 pages) adv Mean people are not cool. They go around acting belligerently, or being hostile and aggressive to others. No one likes a meanie. The word belligerently comes from the Latin belligerant meaning "waging war," which is in effect, what someone acting belligerently is doing. Think of those two l's in the word as two soldiers marching in formation and you might have some help remembering that belligerently is spelled with two l's and not one. Often this word is used to describe the way that some people start to behave when they've had too much to drink, lashing out belligerently, or being overly aggressive. WORD FAMILYbelligerent: belligerence, belligerency, belligerently, belligerents, nonbelligerent+/belligerence: belligerences/belligerency: belligerencies USAGE EXAMPLESWhile some politicians are already responding belligerently, other European officials are taking a wait-and-see approach. New York Times(Nov 18, 2016) She looked belligerently at Trotter, but Trotter was so busy making the meat platter and the salad bowl switch places that the expression was wasted. Katherine Paterson, The Great Gilly Hopkins(1978) She has contacted me incessantly and belligerently via text message, phone and Google Chat about these shoes. Washington Post(Sep 02, 2016) adv with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner he pushed her against the wall belligerently Syn hostilely |
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