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'