adverb
- In an unpleasantly offensive manner.
- usage: "he smelled offensively unwashed"
- In an obnoxious manner.
- usage: "he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences"
- synonyms: objectionably, obnoxiously
- In an aggressive manner.
- usage: "`In this crisis, we must act offensively,' the President said"; "the admiral intends to act offensively in the Mediterranean"