āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
offensively
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offensively
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āĻāĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻŋāĻāύāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§, āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϰāĻāĻžāĻŦā§
in a manner that causes upset, annoyance, or disgust
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The comedian joked offensively about serious topics.
āĻāĻŽā§āĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ āĻā§āϰā§āϤāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϰāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŽāĻāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
02
āĻāĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§
with deliberate acts of hostility, especially in military or politics
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They responded offensively to the diplomatic sanctions.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻā§āĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āύāĻŋāώā§āϧāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§, āĻāĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋāϤā§
in a way that relates to scoring points or advancing in a game
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He 's talented offensively, but needs to work on his defense.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻļāĻžāϞā§, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āϰāĻā§āώāĻŖāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāύā§āύāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
inoffensively
offensively
offensive
offen
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