in an unpleasantly offensive manner; he smelled offensively unwashed'

in an obnoxious manner; he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences

[ Syn: objectionably , objectionably , obnoxiously , obnoxiously , objectionably , objectionably , obnoxiously , obnoxiously , objectionably , objectionably , obnoxiously , obnoxiously , objectionably , objectionably , obnoxiously , obnoxiously ]

in an aggressive manner; `In this crisis, we must act offensively, ' the President said; the admiral intends to act offensively in the Mediterranean'