hostilely

1. 1.

   with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner

   “he pushed her against the wall belligerently”

   Synonymsbelligerently

Questions about hostilely

What does hostilely mean?

hostilely means "with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner".

How many syllables are in hostilely?

hostilely has 4 syllables: ho-sti-le-ly. The stress falls on "sti".

What is another word for hostilely?

Close synonyms include belligerently. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hostilely a common word?

hostilely 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.