aggressively
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ag·gres·sive
(ə-grĕs′ĭv)adj.
1. Characterized by aggression: aggressive behavior.
2. Inclined to behave in an actively hostile fashion: an aggressive regime.
3. Assertive, bold, and energetic: an aggressive sales campaign.
4. Of or relating to an investment or approach to investing that seeks above-average returns by taking above-average risks.
5. Fast growing; tending to spread quickly and invade: an aggressive tumor.
6. Characterized by or inclined toward vigorous or intensive medical treatment: an aggressive approach to treating the infection.
7. Intense or harsh, as in color.
ag·gres′sive·ly adv.
ag·gres′sive·ness n.
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Translations
بِعِدَائِيَّة، بِعُدْوانِيَّه
agresivněútočně
erőszakosan
hörkulega, frekjulega
agresívne
napadalno
saldırgan bir şekilde
aggressively
[əˈgresɪvlɪ] ADV1. (= belligerently) [behave, react] → agresivamente, de manera agresiva; [say] → con mucha agresividad
2. (= assertively) [trade, sell] → enérgicamente, con empuje; [play] → agresivamente
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
aggressively
[əˈgrɛsɪvli] adv (= angrily) [act, react] → agressivement
(= forcefully) [compete, pursue] → avec dynamisme
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Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
aggressive
(əˈgresiv) adjective ready to attack or oppose; quarrelsome. He's a most aggressive boy – he is always fighting at school.
agˈgressively adverbagˈgressiveness noun
agˈgression (-ʃən) noun
(a feeling of) hostility.
agˈgressor noun (in a war etc) the party which attacks first.
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