aggressively

adverb

Definition of aggressivelynext
as in strongly

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Recent Examples of aggressively What does this do to the balance of power in the East, where so many teams are aggressively trying to win now? — David Aldridge, New York Times, 2 July 2026 If the plank begins to smolder aggressively, lightly mist the edges with water. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026 The crew and the two witnesses said one of the three men got out with a dog and then moved aggressively towards the crew while shouting racial slurs targeted at the photographer. — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 2 July 2026 The Vatican responded so aggressively in part because the group poses something of a threat by representing a parallel, ultra-Catholic, pre-Vatican II church that has grown in the decades since its original break from Rome. — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 Club holdings and hyperscalers Meta Platforms , Alphabet , Amazon , and Microsoft have all aggressively raised capital expenditures to keep pace in the heated AI arms race. — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 2 July 2026 Even so, Glinyanov allowed that Caterpillar’s premium valuation ultimately depends on the biggest AI companies continuing to spend aggressively on new data centers and power infrastructure. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 2 July 2026 Across industries, CEOs are pushing their organizations to deploy AI faster, scale AI initiatives more aggressively and embed AI into every corner of the business. — Shane Buckley, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggressively
  1. strongly
  2. assertively
  3. determinedly
  4. firmly
  5. resolutely
  6. grimly
  7. viciously
  8. decidedly
Adverb
  • Even with global unemployment at historically low levels, fewer than one in four workers strongly believe their job is safe from being eliminated, according to ADP Research.
    — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • The difference between these two measurements gives the exciton binding energy, a key quantity that determines how strongly the electron and hole remain bound together.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026
Definition of strongly
Adverb
  • Gauff has had trouble playing assertively enough to close out matches, and arrives in southwest London with baggage about a lackluster history on grass.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 27 June 2026
  • After sitting a bit on the sidelines in the early days of the generative AI boom, risk-adverse finance departments are more assertively using these tools, with 75% reporting using AI compared to just 30% two years ago.
    — John Kell, Fortune, 20 May 2026
Definition of assertively
Adverb
  • The few street names in Happy Haven were determinedly upbeat, with Christian undertones.
    — Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
  • Wall Street has been determinedly upbeat about the war in Iran resolving in a relatively short window.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
Definition of determinedly
Adverb
  • Burnout, by contrast, is a harder reason for many owners to say out loud, especially when the business is still healthy, and the outward signs of success remain firmly in place.
    — Scott Hanson, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Meloni was firmly in the fold at a late June meeting in Berlin with the leaders of Germany, France, Britain and Poland.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Definition of firmly
Adverb
  • On this resolutely French island, the interior showcases Italian classic modernism, with furniture by Molteni and a sculptural Minotti kitchen.
    — Sarah Turner, Robb Report, 25 June 2026
  • But on a recent Wednesday at Stanford Medicine’s cancer center in Palo Alto, the boy climbed resolutely into the chair of a first-of-its-kind treatment device, focused for the task ahead.
    — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
Definition of resolutely
Adverb
  • Tuchel’s approach might, at least, be grimly appropriate for a tournament whose organizers would surely like everyone to focus on the action, and ignore the stench of corruption and xenophobia in the air.
    — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
  • For her part, Gianina is just trying to stow away enough earnings to support her daughter, Maria (Sofia Dragoman), who lives with her grandmother (Liliana Ghita) in a grimly anonymous village in the countryside, and to save for an anticipated Christmas reunion in Romania.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 11 June 2026
Definition of grimly
Adverb
  • At the end of a two-week trial, the verdict went strongly in favor of Maria Avila, who was viciously attacked by Hades, a 200-pound Caucasian shepherd owned by Brown, while emptying trash outside the singer’s Tarzana, California house.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 1 July 2026
  • Anyone angry enough to punch someone else in the head that viciously should go straight to jail.
    — Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 30 June 2026
Definition of viciously
Adverb
  • In Palm Beach, Worth Avenue feels decidedly glitzier than many of America’s other iconic main streets, striped with designer boutiques, upscale galleries, polished restaurants, and luxury hotels.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2026
  • While interest in the tournament has been decidedly mixed among Americans (more on that later), the international diehards who traveled here have made their presence felt.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
Definition of decidedly

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“Aggressively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggressively. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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