truculently

1. 1.

   in an aggressively truculent manner

   “they strive for security by truculently asserting their own interests”
2. 2.

   in a defiantly truculent manner

   “the boy looked up truculently at his teacher”

Questions about truculently

What does truculently mean?

truculently means "in an aggressively truculent manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in truculently?

truculently has 4 syllables: tru-cu-lent-ly. The stress falls on "cu".

Is truculently a common word?

truculently is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.