AGGRESSIVELY Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

aggressively

adverb

Definition of aggressively

as in strongly

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Recent Examples of aggressively Set Visual Rules Before Scaling Content With AI The brands that stand out will not be the ones using AI most aggressively. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026 But SpaceX has not been aggressively selling Starship as a commercial launch option. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2026 Ingordo bids aggressively, but a Japanese gentleman next to him, his phone pressed to his ear the entire time, one-ups him. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026 If all three measures fail, that still would be a victory for the billionaires who spent aggressively to tank the wealth tax. — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 Trump has aggressively pushed the change, putting pressure on Senate Republicans to pass the House bill and send it to his desk. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026 Investors who once rewarded tech giants for aggressively building AI infrastructure are now prioritizing financial discipline and returns on those investments. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2026 Tactically, a key message from Norman was that Wawrinka needed to find a balance between playing aggressively, but not going for broke too quickly. — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026 He was treated aggressively with antifungal drugs, which kept the infection under control. — Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 27 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggressively

Adverb

Blue light can travel farther through water and scatters more strongly from tiny airborne particles.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Hasegawa said 2025 broke that pattern, with both sides growing strongly.

— Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of strongly

Adverb

Specifically, Russian strategists have been concerned by the French and British governments’ modernization of their nuclear programs and apparent readiness to wield them more assertively.

— Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2026
Ellison’s management team will have to cut costs assertively, in part by streamlining some of Paramount and Warner’s overlapping tech platforms.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of assertively

Adverb

Though based on the visuals of the past, his output is determinedly contemporary.

— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026
Blue-collar Ho-seok (Sul), a man traumatized by losing his factory job after a workers’ strike, lives a quiet life with his determinedly optimistic wife, Mi-ok (Jeon).

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of determinedly

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Nina nodded and looked across the restaurant to watch two tall women, flight attendants, striding resolutely through the concourse, their legs in perfect rhythm.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
The time-only two-hander is resolutely Brutalist in style, with sharp, geometric lines, an ultra-thin rectangular case, and bold pops of burgundy.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of resolutely

Adverb

In that film, a director famous for comedies yearns to make grimly earnest movies about the Depression, but learns that what people in dire straits crave is the distraction and release of comedy.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2026
Gun purchases made in response to events have been shown, grimly, to lead to still more accidental gun deaths.

— Vishal R. Patel, Time, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of grimly

Adverb

Poor Melanie is swarmed and viciously attacked until Mitch comes to her rescue in a scene that is visceral and frightening.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
After viciously hitting step-back threes, trash talking anyone who dares tempt him and racking up two NBA scoring titles, Doncic just likes to stay home, maybe get lunch or play cards.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

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