antagonistically

adverb

an·​tag·​o·​nis·​ti·​cal·​ly ¦an-ˌta-gə-¦ni-sti-k(ə-)lē 

: in an antagonistic way : with antagonism

Word History

First Known Use

1752, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for antagonistically

• uncharacteristically
• artistically
• heuristically
• holistically
• linguistically
• logistically
• simplistically
• stylistically
• characteristically
• opportunistically
• unrealistically
• euphemistically