destructively

1. 1.

   in a destructive manner

   “he is destructively aggressive”

Questions about destructively

What does destructively mean?

destructively means "in a destructive manner".

How many syllables are in destructively?

destructively has 5 syllables: de-struc-ti-ve-ly. The stress falls on "ti".

Is destructively a common word?

destructively is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.