`Don't trespass onto my property,' the neighbor shouted combatively. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : He displayed a most unpleasant, combative attitude. From Dictionary.com.
“No one tells me how to act,” the woman said combatively. From Wordnik.com. [Dead As A Doornail]
He stood upon the other side of the case, eying them combatively. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortieth Door] Reference
"Maybe we ain't as low a form as you think," Seeth said combatively. From Wordnik.com. [Glory Lane]
Night had fallen, but Venice partied on, exultantly and combatively. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
"We have 430,000 employees and only nine have left," Schrempp declared combatively. From Wordnik.com. [Hands On The Wheel] Reference
With time, most HMOs and doctors will learn how to deal with each other less combatively. From Wordnik.com. [The Backlash Against Hmos] Reference
He jammed his glasses down combatively astride his hawk-like nose, and squared his shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [The Paternoster Ruby] Reference
CROWLEY: So, for the third time in four days the president pushed urgently, sometimes combatively. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 20, 2009] Reference
CROWLEY: So, for the third time in four days, the president pushed, urgently, sometimes combatively. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 20, 2009] Reference
Venezuelan president combatively defends 11-year rule and blames economic woes on western capitalism. From Wordnik.com. [Hugo Chávez grants rare interview to western media] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don ` t know where Caylee is, yet her mom escalates when my mom gets in the room, almost combatively. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 26, 2008] Reference
I would've said that she is combatively tempermental and, along with the abusive maniac part, all bases would have been covered. From Wordnik.com. ["I can't get past the fact that she's an abusive maniac who can’t tolerate insolence, no matter how inadvertent."] Reference
Because fatherhood is arguably in a crisis, it is nostalgically eulogized, combatively propped up, or turned into comic/lurid fodder. From Wordnik.com. [They Keep Pulling Us Back In … | PopPolitics.com] Reference
From time to time she dove combatively toward the depression, perceiving it to be the source of Flinx's upset, but there was nothing she could do. From Wordnik.com. [Mid Flinx]
We have to understand that anti-abortion people have a point, but that they have framed it poorly and combatively and without consideration for every situation. From Wordnik.com. [Left Behind] Reference
The harvest will not end languidly, but strongly, aggressively, combatively, in this area, in the Camaguey area, in Las Villas, in Havana, in the mills that have a high yield. From Wordnik.com. [FIDEL DISCUSSES PROGRESS OF SUGAR HARVEST] Reference
Today Fittro combatively took the stand and denied all of the charges. From Wordnik.com. [7 Top Stories, Sports and Weather] Reference
"Yes," says Herbert, combatively, "if you don't sit before it too long.". From Wordnik.com. [Backlog Studies] Reference
"But what do you mean by wickedness?" demanded Herman, a little combatively. From Wordnik.com. [The Pagans] Reference
"The easiest gait in the world," put in Bob, combatively, disregarding the tails. From Wordnik.com. [A Tar-Heel Baron] Reference
JON STEWART (combatively): Mr. President, you have now been in office a hundred days. From Wordnik.com. [TierneyLab] Reference
I found myself watching him rather combatively, as who would anticipate the move of an adversary. From Wordnik.com. [A Fool and His Money] Reference
"You don't look shy," she said, combatively, and drew the clay image back, where he could not look at it. From Wordnik.com. [That Girl Montana] Reference
At the risk of being called to earnest again, let me just clarify that my comment wasn't meant combatively. From Wordnik.com. [Pharyngula] Reference
It was a curious thing -- but when she told me that Winkelberg was dead I felt combatively that it was untrue. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago] Reference
The young fellow stretched his long body in a sort of luxurious defiance, and eyed his companions somewhat combatively. From Wordnik.com. [The Prince of Graustark] Reference
And there is nothing wrong with being challenged on that use now and then, especially as non-combatively as this incident was. From Wordnik.com. [Apartment Therapy Main] Reference
'I don't know, I'm sure, what's the good of going to see that girl with you two carping fellows,' he began, combatively, over his soup. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Bretherton] Reference
Zelkov lifted his chin combatively and added, "You were a distraction to him. From Wordnik.com. [Death Stalks The Ruins]
And he'll deserve it too! "she added, her eye kindling combatively as she surveyed her father. From Wordnik.com. [Marcella] Reference
Then she added a little combatively, But I don’t know that that’s what she wanted the money for. From Wordnik.com. [All Shall Be Well] Reference
He leaned forward combatively. From Wordnik.com. [Ilse Witch]
“Well, say it did,” said Bailey combatively. From Wordnik.com. [Death in Ecstasy]
Campbell combatively. From Wordnik.com. [Kent Knowles: Quahaug] Reference
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