Belligerently is an English word. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Belligerently meaning
In a belligerent manner; with aggressive hostility.
Synonyms of Belligerently
Using Belligerently
- The main meaning on this page is: In a belligerent manner; with aggressive hostility.
- Useful related words include: hostilely, with hostility.
Context around Belligerently
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Belligerently
- In this selection, "belligerently" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, behave, acting, officials, charging, refuse and unilateral stand out and add context to how "belligerently" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include hyperaggressive and belligerently unilateral president and method of belligerently charging viewers. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "belligerently" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with belligerently
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Even after being restrained, he "continued to behave belligerently by taking off his clothes", said the prosecutor. (17 words)
Even allowing anything to be challenged won’t fix it when the officials belligerently refuse to overturn obvious calls. (19 words)
Or the dubious method of belligerently charging viewers to access the site’s basic functions – what would now be known as microtransactions. (22 words)
In mid-July, New York State Police were called to Camp Smith in Cortlandt, New York, the military base where Card served, because he was acting “belligerently and possibly intoxicated,” according to a source briefed on the matter. (38 words)
I watched in alarm as W., who had promised a “humble” foreign policy with no nation-building and who had been a bipartisan, genial Texas governor, shape-shifted into a hyperaggressive and belligerently unilateral president. (35 words)
Up until recently drivers were trained up to ask belligerently ‘Have you NOT got anything less?’ when any note was offered as payment, before throwing a fistful of low-denomination copper at passengers. (33 words)
Example sentences (6)
Even after being restrained, he "continued to behave belligerently by taking off his clothes", said the prosecutor.
In mid-July, New York State Police were called to Camp Smith in Cortlandt, New York, the military base where Card served, because he was acting “belligerently and possibly intoxicated,” according to a source briefed on the matter.
Or the dubious method of belligerently charging viewers to access the site’s basic functions – what would now be known as microtransactions.
Even allowing anything to be challenged won’t fix it when the officials belligerently refuse to overturn obvious calls.
Up until recently drivers were trained up to ask belligerently ‘Have you NOT got anything less?’ when any note was offered as payment, before throwing a fistful of low-denomination copper at passengers.
I watched in alarm as W., who had promised a “humble” foreign policy with no nation-building and who had been a bipartisan, genial Texas governor, shape-shifted into a hyperaggressive and belligerently unilateral president.